At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to suffocation at a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria, media reports said. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in a mining pit in Kampani, a community in the Wase area, Reuters reported. Dele Alake, Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said the More
Afghanistan is set to face Canada in their final group-stage match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup today (Thursday) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm local time, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. Earlier, Afghanistan was defeated by New Zealand More
The United States plans to withdraw around 1,000 remaining troops from Syria over the next two months, a media report said on Thursday. US officials told CBS News that Washington intends to end its roughly decade-long military presence in the country, which has been part of the campaign against the Islamic State (IS). The security More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that it supported 500,000 Afghan refugees returning to the country in 2025. In a message posted on X, UNHCR said it assisted nearly 500,000 returnees last year and provided support to more than 78,000 women and girls. The agency added: “The situation of over 57,000 individuals More
Three people were killed in a traffic accident on the Kabul–Kandahar highway in Maqur district, southern Ghazni province. Abu Khalid Sarhadi, spokesperson for the Ghazni Police, told Pajhwok that the incident occurred this morning (Wednesday) in the “Bazko” area of Maqur district, when a cargo truck collided with a passenger bus. He added that three More
Oman’s Foreign Minister, who is mediating the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, says the second round of talks between the two countries ended with “good progress in identifying shared objectives and the relevant technical issues.” The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, concluded last night More
Five people have been killed and a child injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday. n a statement, police headquarters said the accident occurred when a truck collided with a passenger bus on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Ab Band district on Monday. It said five people lost their lives More
Around 300 Afghans stranded in severe snow and rain at the Taybad border in neighbouring Iran have been rescued, a media report said on Tuesday. According to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Hassan Jamshidi, commander of Taybad district, said the individuals were stranded in border areas shared by Iran and Afghanistan amid harsh weather conditions More
At least six people have been killed and 46 others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a highway in southeastern Brazil, a media report said on Tuesday. Al Jazeera reported the accident occurred early on Monday on the BR-153 highway near the city of Marilia. It said bus was carrying farm workers from the More
The European Commission says that over the past 37 years, mines and explosive remnants of war have caused the deaths and injuries of more than 45,000 people in Afghanistan. In a report published today (Monday), the Commission stated that since 1989, more than 45,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured by mines and explosive More
