Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan said its security forces killed two key Islamic State commanders during a counter-terrorism raid in capital Kabul a few days ago. One of the slain terrorists was Qari Fateh, touted as the intelligence chief and a former minister of war of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), said Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah...
New Delhi: Pakistanis are eating and travelling less to deal with sky-high inflation in the country, unable to pay for daily bills, and even their children’s education. The beleaguered country’s weekly inflation touched 40 per cent last week — for the first time in five months — as consumer prices rose significantly due to onions,...
Washington: US Republican Party, Grand Old Party (GOP) Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate the US. This includes China, Pakistan and other adversaries as "a strong America doesn't pay off the bad guys". "I will cut every cent in...
London: Jason Arday has created history by becoming the youngest Black professor at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. His journey is all the more remarkable because he was illiterate until an adult; Arday, 37, couldn’t read or write till 18. Also diagnosed with autism and global development delay - he couldn't even...
Moscow: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been busy resisting the Russian attacks for over a year now, claimed that Vladimir Putin’s end will be at the hands of his close allies. “Carnivores will eat the carnivore,” Zelenskyy said without mincing any words. Zelenskyy made the comments in a Ukrainian documentary called Year, produced by journalist...
New York: Two trains collided head-on in Greece killing at least 32 people and injuring 85 others, the fire brigade said, but the cause of the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades remained unclear. An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided at high speed with a cargo train...
New York: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China. “FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the Bureau has assessed that the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China,” tweeted the FBI. This development comes after...
