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Citing its information, Pakistan says Taliban not carrying out reprisals in Afghanistan

Posted on September 4, 2021 by News Desk

WASHINGTON, Sep 03 (APP):Pakistan has reportedly questioned reports that the Taliban are carrying out revenge attacks in Afghanistan — including claims that the group has been executing its perceived enemies in door-to-door raids, saying they were not doing so, Politico, an American online news service, […]

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric dies in Najaf

Posted on September 4, 2021 by News Desk

Najaf, Iraq, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s top Shiite clerics, died on Friday aged 85 in the holy city of Najaf after a heart attack, sources close to him said. Funeral ceremonies will be held on Saturday in Najaf and […]

Japan PM Suga won’t seek re-election after year in office

Posted on September 3, 2021 by News Desk

Tokyo, Sept 3 (AFP/APP):Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for his ruling party’s leadership, effectively ending his tenure and throwing wide open the race for the next premier. The shock decision after just a year in office comes with Suga’s […]

Improving air quality ‘key’ to confronting global environmental crises: UN report

Posted on September 3, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (APP):With environmental events becoming increasingly interconnected, a new global report on air pollution published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has underscored that improved air quality is “key to tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and […]

All is set for formation of new Taliban government in Afghanistan

Posted on September 3, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (APP): Taliban Rahbari Shura headed by Amir ul Monineen Mullah Haibat Ullah Akhunzada on Thursday after three-days consultative meeting in Kandahar, approved to form a new government in Afghanistan, expected to be announced after Friday prayers. The sources informed APP that the […]

Abbas, Abdullah, Sisi meet in Cairo

Posted on September 3, 2021 by News Desk

Cairo, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas met in Cairo on Thursday with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks on Jerusalem. Abbas condemned “the aggressions of (Jewish) settlers… under the protection of the Israeli army”, in reference to the […]

Volunteer army rebuilds Germany’s flood-stricken towns

Posted on September 2, 2021 by News Desk

Dernau, Germany, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):Instead of the shouts of noisy children, the halls of the primary school in the German town of Dernau are filled with the deafening sound of a dozen drills. The workers on site are an army of unpaid volunteers who have […]

Mongolia logs record daily high of 3,805 COVID-19 cases

Posted on September 2, 2021 by News Desk

ULAN BATOR, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/APP):Mongolia recorded the highest daily count of 3,805 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 221,351, the country’s health ministry said Thursday. The ministry said that 7,549 samples were tested across the country […]

5.0-magnitude quake hits 57 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan — USGS

Posted on September 2, 2021 by News Desk

HONG KONG, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 57 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 04:50 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 37.6133 degrees north […]

Iran says nuclear talks might not resume for 2-3 months

Posted on September 2, 2021 by News Desk

Tehran, Sept 1 (AFP/APP):Stalled talks aimed at reviving Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers will likely not resume for another two to three months, according to the foreign ministry. Steered by the European Union, the talks began in April and seek to bring the US […]

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Citing its information, Pakistan says Taliban not carrying out reprisals in Afghanistan

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric dies in Najaf

Japan PM Suga won’t seek re-election after year in office

Improving air quality ‘key’ to confronting global environmental crises: UN report

All is set for formation of new Taliban government in Afghanistan

Abbas, Abdullah, Sisi meet in Cairo

Volunteer army rebuilds Germany’s flood-stricken towns

Mongolia logs record daily high of 3,805 COVID-19 cases

5.0-magnitude quake hits 57 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan — USGS

Iran says nuclear talks might not resume for 2-3 months

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