Afghanistan receives $ 4bn aid

KABUL, Afghanistan – August 1 (ONLINE) Afghanistan has received international aid of four billion dollars on humanitarian grounds, it emerged. According to a news agency, the aid was received by The Afghanistan Bank (DBA) Monday and has been transferred to Afghanistan International Bank. DBA, while […]

Death toll in Kentucky floods rises to 25, governor says

WASHINGTON – July 31 (ONLINE) At least 25 people, including four children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state’s governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday. “This is still an emergency situation,” Beshear told reporters. […]

Moderate earthquake jolts western Indonesia

JAKARTA,July 31 (Xinhua/APP):A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on Sunday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake hit at 10:03 Jakarta time (0303 GMT), with the epicenter at 44 km southeast of Calang city and a depth of 56 […]

Iran’s Regional Policy under Transformation, experts

ISLAMABAD, Jul 27, 2022(Online): The Institute of Regional Studies organised a 1 day International Conference titled, Iran’s Neighbourhood Policy: Understanding the Multipronged East-West Approach. Fraz Naqvi from IRS opened the Conference on the note that it was faulty to contend that Iran was only consumed […]

Pro-Sadr protesters storm parliament in Iraq’s Green Zone

Baghdad, July 27 (AFP/APP): Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday danced and sang after storming parliament in the capital’s high-security Green Zone, in protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi called on the protesters to “immediately […]