As many as 68,000 children have been displaced in eastern Afghanistan following an escalation in armed clashes with Pakistan, Save the Children reports. About 134,000 people have also been affected by disruptions to the organisation’s activities, including health, nutrition, child protection and education programmes, Save the Children said in a report published on Tuesday. “The More
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that talks with the United States may no longer be on the agenda following a US‑Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic. In an interview with PBS on Monday, Araghchi said he did not believe negotiations with the Americans “would be on our agenda anymore.” He referred to More
Afghan taekwondo athlete Farzad Mansouri has won a gold medal at the 2026 Open G2 World Taekwondo competitions in the United States after defeating four opponents. Mansouri wrote on his Facebook page on Monday night that he secured the gold medal at the 2026 Open G2 competition held in the United States. He said that More
At least 14 Afghan migrants have died after a boat carrying them collided with a Turkish coastguard vessel off the Mediterranean coast, according to reports. Several others were rescued. The incident occurred near the coast of Demre in Antalya province when the vessel carrying the Afghan migrants ignored calls to stop and attempted to evade More
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump, TASS reported. The news agency quoted Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov as saying the hour-long call, initiated by the United States, focused on the conflict involving Iran, the war in Ukraine and the situation in Venezuela. “The Russian president outlined several ideas More
US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran will end “very soon”. However, an Iranian military commander warned that the United States and Israel are not in a position to end the conflict at will. Trump described the war with Iran as a “short-term excursion” and said it would conclude “very soon”, according More
At least 42 people have been killed as a result of heavy flash floods in Kenya, a media report said on Monday. Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, swept through several regions of the country since Friday, Al Jazeera reported. Kenya’s Public Service and Special Programmes Minister, Geoffrey Ruku, told reporters on Sunday that police More
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said efforts by the United States to transform Afghan society into a Western-style democracy were unlikely to succeed from the outset. He made the remarks in a televised interview with CBS News. He said: “The hubris of ‘we’re going to take Afghanistan and turn it into a Jeffersonian More
The US State Department has instructed non-essential personnel and their family members at the US embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to leave the country, media reports said on Monday. The State Department continues to advise Americans to “reconsider travel” to Saudi Arabia, although it has not recommended that all trips to the More
A senior member of Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K), also known as Daesh and the planner of last year’s attack on a Kabul Bank branch in northern Kunduz province, has been killed by unidentified gunmen in Peshawar, Al-Mirsad reported on Sunday. According to well-informed security sources cited by Al-Mirsad, Zalmai Badakhshi, a senior operational planner More
