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London, United Kingdom, Dec 26 (AFP/APP): Christian Aid and ActionAid on Monday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. Announcements by the two groups take to six […]

Beirut, Dec 26 (AFP/APP):Eight Turkey-backed Syrian fighters were killed in clashes with regime troops that raged Monday in the country’s northwest, a rebel alliance said. A statement from the Faylaq al-Sham group said six of its fighters were killed and three more wounded in an […]

BEIJING, Dec 24 (APP):: Director General, Department of Asian Affairs of Chinese Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong has said that Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China in November was a great success with fruitful outcomes, and provided new guidance for China-Pakistan relations. “China is […]

Paris, Dec 24 (AFP/APP):A French man suspected of killing three people in a “racist” attack at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris has been transferred to a psychiatric unit, prosecutors said, as police and demonstrators clashed in the French capital. Prosecutors said the 69-year-old white […]

London, Dec 21 (AFP/APP): Striking ambulance workers in England and Wales manned picket lines on Wednesday, escalating a pay dispute between the government and a host of public-sector staff. A series of stoppages are causing misery across Britain in the run-up to Christmas, with railway […]

Washington, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):The United States said Wednesday it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defence system to help counter Moscow’s relentless aerial attacks. The system is part of $1.85 billion in assistance unveiled in parallel with a visit to Washington by Ukrainian […]

Moscow, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would continue developing its military potential and the combat readiness of its nuclear forces against the backdrop of Moscow’s offensive in Western-backed Ukraine. “The armed forces and combat capabilities of our armed forces are […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (APP): Former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) Amrullah Saleh continues to spit venom at Pakistan by maligning state, army and intelligence agency through social media, just to appease India, showing indifference to the miseries of the Afghan people. Through […]

Washington, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):Lawmakers were scrambling Wednesday to complete work on a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending package before a massive winter storm expected to unleash chaos on airports and roads. The government would run out of funding if Friday’s deadline passed with no agreement, although […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (APP):The United Nations and several countries on Wednesday condemned the Taliban’s decision to close universities to women and called for the de facto authorities to “immediately revoke the decision”. In a statement, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also urged […]