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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 11 (APP): The United Nations has launched an operational review in Afghanistan, and told national staff to remain at home, following the decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working with the Organization. “UN national personnel – […]

Louisville, United States, April 10 (AFP/APP): Four people were killed and at least eight others injured Monday in a shooting targeting a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, according to US police who said the suspect — believed to be an ex-employee — died in the […]

Marseille, April 10 (AFP/APP):Rescue workers on Monday recovered another three bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Marseille, lifting the death toll to six in the southern port city, with two more people still missing, investigators said. More than 24 hours after an […]

Beijing, April 9 (Online): The Chinese military announced the launch of three days of exercises in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday. The wargames come just a day after Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen returned from the US, where she met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and […]

Sanaa, April 9 (AFP/APP): A Saudi delegation was in the rebel-held capital of Yemen on Sunday to negotiate a potential new truce with Huthi rebels, diplomats said, as Riyadh seeks a way out of the war. The Saudi officials are “in Sanaa to discuss moving […]

Marseille, April 9 (AFP/APP):An apartment building collapsed in an apparent explosion Sunday in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille, injuring five people, with authorities warning up to 10 victims could be under the burning rubble. “Everything shook, you could see people running and there was […]

ISLAMABAD 08 April (Online): China has begun three days of military exercises around Taiwan amid anger in Beijing over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in California with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims Taiwan as its own […]

ISLAMABAD 08 April (Online): Saudi and Omani envoys are planning to visit Yemen’s capital Sanaa next week to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Iran-aligned Houthi officials and end an eight-year-old conflict there, two people involved in the talks said. If an agreement is reached, […]

Islamabad, April 7 (Online): The forty-first meeting of the National Security Council was held on Friday at the Prime Minister’s House. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the meeting in which federal ministers, chairman, joint chief of staff committee, Service Chiefs and senior officials of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (APP):The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Afghanistan on Thursday warned that Taliban’s decision to ban women from working for the UN will have devastating consequences for aid delivery. Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe […]