The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that many green card applicants currently in the United States must return to their home countries to complete the application process. The Guardian reported that foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the US to obtain green cards will now have to apply from outside More
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens of houses damaged after flash floods hit northern Baghlan province. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of disaster preparedness at the Baghlan Natural Disaster Management Department, told Pajhwok that floods struck Burka district overnight, killing 11 people and destroying 40 houses. He added that floods in Burka, Dand-e-Ghori, Deh-e-Ghori, More
A senior US military official has said that Washington has temporarily suspended a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan in order to preserve ammunition stocks for a potential conflict with Iran. According to a report by Al Jazeera, acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao told lawmakers during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on More
At least nine people have been killed and several others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in the Moroccan city of Fez. According to a Reuters report, the building collapsed during the night in a densely populated neighbourhood of the city. Officials said residents of nearby buildings were evacuated over concerns of possible further More
According to reports, Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly cancelled a vote on a resolution that would have required Donald Trump’s administration to obtain congressional authorization to continue the war with Iran. Reuters reported that the vote had been scheduled for Thursday evening before the start of the Memorial Day holiday, but More
The United States Department of State has announced that it has approved the possible sale of equipment related to the Hawk missile system to Ukraine, valued at $108.1 million. The original statement said that the US State Department has approved the potential sale of equipment for the Hawk missile system to Ukraine worth $108.1 million. More
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations said at a UN Security Council meeting that Pakistani forces caused hundreds of civilian casualties in Afghanistan during the first three months of this year and also ignored the UN Secretary-General’s call to protect civilians. According to reports, around 770 civilians were martyred and nearly 720 others injured More
The United States has lifted sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, a week after a federal judge ruled that the measures restricted her freedom of speech. In a brief update published on Wednesday, the US Department of the Treasury removed Albanese’s name from its list under the heading More
Two people have been killed after lightning struck in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, a police official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place on Wednesday night. The incident comes after heavy rainstorms and strong winds swept through Kandahar on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in More
Afghan national taekwondo athlete Ehsan Rahimi has defeated his Japanese opponent in the Taekwondo Championship and advanced to the next round. The championship, which also serves as a qualification event for the Asian Games, is currently underway in Mongolia. According to Afghanistan’s national taekwondo team coach Bashir Taraki, Rahimi competed in the 54kg weight category More
