Agencies

Moscow: The death toll of the devastating earthquake in Haiti has more than doubled since the last estimate, reaching 724, media reported Sunday, citing the country's civil protection agency.More than 2,800 people in total have been affected by the...

Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul Sunday and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan, capping the terrorists' lightning push for power. A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said Ghani had left for...

The Vatican: Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern for the situation in Afghanistan and called for a peaceful dialogue to ensure the safety of civilians."Dear brothers and sisters, I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, noting that the further build-up of Russian-Indian ties was in the...

Kabul: Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, the Reuters reported.The senior official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in "from...

Moscow: The number of people, who have died as a result of the earthquake in Haiti, has risen to 304, the Agence France-Presse reported, citing the country's civil protection agency.According to the authorities, the disaster also left more than...

Moscow: The Taliban Islamist movement (banned in Russia) controls 90 per cent of the Afghan territory, Iranian media reported.According to the IRIB broadcaster, the militants have entered the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, not far from the border with Uzbekistan.The...

Washington: Most of the US Embassy personnel will be evacuated from Kabul in the next 36 hours, as the Taliban (a terrorist group banned in Russia) advance toward the Afghan capital, making major territorial gains, the CBS News reported...

Washington: The Taliban movement announced on Sunday the capture of Maidan Shahr, the capital of the central Afghan province of Wardak located 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Kabul.The Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, tweeted that the building of the...

Mumbai: Provisions of the government's new Information Technology Rules for news publishers that deal with a code of ethics have been put on hold by the Bombay High Court which said the requirements violated freedom of speech. The rules...