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Kabul: Afghanistan received another fresh batch of 40 million US dollars in cash as humanitarian aid, the country's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), said in a statement released here on Tuesday."As part of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, 40...

Baghdad: The Iraqi capital remained "extremely tense" on Tuesday after a night of armed clashes between rival Shia forces left some 30 people dead and several hundred wounded.“We have been hearing sounds of gunfire overnight, medium and light...

New Delhi: India recorded 5,439 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 65,732 as per the Health Ministry data on Tuesday.Meanwhile, 22,031 recoveries were reported, increasing the total recoveries to 4,38,25,024 whereas the national Covid-19...

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a "cultural change" to improve conditions for women in the workplace.In a speech on Monday marking 100 days since Labor came to power in May's election, Albanese flagged a shift...

Vienna: An inspection team from the UN nuclear watchdog is on its way to Ukraine's embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the IAEA chief said.Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said the team was expected...

Gibraltar: Gibraltar can officially call itself a city, 180 years after it was first granted the status by Queen Victoria.The British overseas territory had bid to become a city earlier this year as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.However,...

New Delhi: India has recorded 7,591 new Covid-19 cases taking its overall active caseload to 84,931 as per the Health Ministry data on Monday.As many as 30 more people succumbed to the virus, taking the toll to 5,27,799...

Dhaka: Two mortar shells fired from Myanmar have landed in the Ghumdhum area of Bandarban, near the zero point of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.On Sunday (August 28) at around 3 pm, mortar shells landed near the Tumbru North Mosque in...

HOUSTON: Hundreds of demonstrators, including more than a dozen of the Uvalde school shooting victims' family members, gathered here Saturday urging the raise of the minimum age to purchase AR-15-style rifles.They also demanded that the south-central U.S. state...

New Delhi: India recorded 9,436 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 86,591, according to Union Health Ministry data issued on Sunday.As many as 30 fresh fatalities were also...