The United Nations emphasizes that journalists should be able to report freely and “without fear or discrimination” across the world, May 3 marks World Press Freedom Day. On this occasion, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the freedom of the people is tied to the freedom of the press, and that journalists should be able More

The 2025 Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index and report, published today, describe a marked deterioration of press freedom around the world. The report says journalists and media are facing difficult economic conditions and journalists in the US are operating in an increasingly hostile environment “The media economy must urgently be restored to a state More

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher has urged policymakers responsible for cutting humanitarian aid to visit hospitals in Afghanistan, such as the one in southern Kandahar province, to witness firsthand the devastating consequences of their decisions. Fletcher, who also serves as the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, recently visited central hospital of Kandahar More

A sharp cut in US aid has forced the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to halt several life-saving programmes in Afghanistan, leaving hundreds of thousands without access to vital services. In a recent report, the IRC said that aid cuts have forced the organisation to suspend critical programmes that provide healthcare, vaccinations, treatment for malnutrition, clean More

Ex-parliamentarian Abdul Zahir Qadir has been arrested in Kenya and could be extradited to the United States, a media report said on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Qadir arrived in Nairobi on April 14 aboard a Qatar Airways flight. He was detained at a hotel in the city, with a local court upholding his continued custody, The More

Iranian authorities on Thursday handed over 199 Afghan prisoners to Taliban officials in Nimroz province. A statement from the Nimroz provincial press office said these 199 Afghan prisoners had been imprisoned in Iran for various crimes and they were handed over to the Taliban authorities at the Silk Bridge gate last evening. The statement quoted More

The World Food Programme (WFP) says Afghanistan is facing the sharpest rise in malnutrition and needs sustained funding to deal with the challenge. In a post on X, WFP wrote: “Afghanistan is facing the sharpest rise in malnutrition ever. Children are being hit hardest. We need sustained funding to save lives.” The agency estimated that More

An Afghan citizen has been executed on charges of drug smuggling in Saudi Arabia, a media report said on Tuesday. The New Arab reported citing Saudi Arabia‘s interior ministry, Afghan national Badshah Qul Suleimani was executed in the holy city of Makkah on Sunday. He had been convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin into the kingdom. More

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has voted in favor of a bill aimed at ensuring that no US tax dollars end up in the hands of Afghanistan’s caretaker government. This issue has been a key focus for House Republicans since the last Congress, following revelations that weekly cash shipments of nearly $40 million were More

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed its deep disappointment that for the fourth consecutive year, Afghanistan’s rulers have again denied access to secondary education for girls, a step that will only compound Afghanistan’s human rights, humanitarian, and economic crises. “The new school year has started in Afghanistan, but yet again with a More