The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Monica Witt, a former US Air Force intelligence specialist accused of spying for Iran. According to the New York Post, Witt, a former US military member and counterintelligence agent, was indicted by a federal More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has said that 561 Afghan nationals were released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan during the ongoing week. In a statement issued on Thursday, the ministry said 481 of the returnees entered through the Torkham crossing point, while 80 others returned via Spin Boldak. It added More
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, ruling that the measures likely violated her constitutional right to free speech, media reports said. According to The Guardian, the ruling was issued on Wednesday after Albanese challenged sanctions that More
The foreign ministers’ meeting of the BRICS group began in New Delhi, the capital of India, on Thursday, a media report said. The meeting is being held ahead of the 18th BRICS summit, which New Delhi is set to host in September, Al Jazeera reported. It said foreign ministers arrived at 10:00am local time, with More
At least 90 people were killed after a violent storm swept through India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, bringing heavy rain, hail and strong winds, the state disaster management and relief office said on Thursday. Storms are common in the northern state during the hot season from March to June, before the monsoon rains arrive. More
US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday for a high-level summit focused on global conflicts, international trade and the future of artificial intelligence. According to The Guardian, Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People — the landmark Mao-era building overlooking Tiananmen Square — for an official welcome More
Nearly 11,515 Afghans returned to the country from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and several other countries between 3 and 9 May this year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says. In a newly released chart, UNHCR said 5,150 of the returnees were men and 6,365 were women. According to the report, 11,354 people returned More
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says economic pressures, declining global aid, worsening drought and the return of millions of migrants over the past year have further deteriorated living conditions in Afghanistan, increasing the urgent need for sustainable solutions. In a new report, UNDP said poverty in Afghanistan continued to deepen, with nearly three out More
Saudi Arabia launched a series of undisclosed strikes against Iran in late March in retaliation for attacks carried out on the kingdom during the recent Middle East conflict, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Reuters, the previously unreported attacks marked the first known instance of Saudi Arabia directly carrying out military operations on Iranian More
At least seven people were killed and 18 others, including women and children, wounded in a blast near Naurang police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, a media report said. The blast occurred near a rickshaw in Naurang Bazaar in the Sarai Naurang area, Geo News reported. It More
