Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) has called for the rapid return of Syrian and Afghan asylum seekers and tougher measures against refugees, media reports said on Saturday. The proposal is outlined in a draft resolution prepared ahead of an upcoming meeting of the party’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag, according to Deutsche Welle. CSU lawmakers More
Protests in Iran, sparked by an unprecedented fall in the value of the toman against the US dollar and rising living costs, have entered their seventh day, media reports said on Saturday. The wave of demonstrations began on Sunday, 28 December 2025, amid an economic crisis marked by the sharp depreciation of the national currency More
President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country following what he described as “large-scale” strikes, media reports said on Saturday. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas More
A fire at a tourist complex in a Swiss ski resort town has claimed the lives of 40 people and left 115 others injured, media reports say BBC Persian reported that the condition of many of the injured is “critical,” and that the victims are of various nationalities. According to the report, due to the More
The President of the United States has reacted to the public protests in Iran, saying that if the Iranian government opens fire on protesters, the United States will come to “rescue” them. Donald Trump, the U.S. President, wrote today (Friday) in a post on X that the United States is prepared for such a situation. More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has said that around 345 Afghan refugees have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to their homeland. In a statement, the ministry said the Afghan migrants had been freed from various jails across the neighbouring country and subsequently repatriated to Afghanistan. Quoting the Refugee Transfer Department More
At least 10 people have been killed and many others injured in an explosion at a ski resort town in Switzerland, a media report said on Thursday. An explosion and fire ripped through a popular bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year’s celebrations, Al Jazeera reported. Without providing further details, police More
Local sources in Herat province say that five members of a family lost their lives after the roof of a house collapsed in the Oba district of the province. Mufti Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesperson for the Herat provincial governor, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok, saying it occurred yesterday due to heavy rainfall, resulting in the More
Britain, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have condemned Israel’s decision to revoke the licences of 37 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Among the organisations affected are ActionAid, the International Rescue Committee, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Norwegian Refugee Council. According to the BBC, More
Security forces have rescued passengers from a bus after it was swept away by floodwaters in Shindand district of western Herat province on Tuesday. In a statement, the 207 Al-Farouq Army Corps in western Afghanistan said that at around 3:00 a.m. today, a 580-model passenger bus in the Azizabad area of Shindand district was hit More
