US President Joe Biden urged Afghanistan’s leaders Tuesday to unite and “fight for their nation” against the Taliban insurgents and said he did not regret deciding to withdraw US troops from the country. “Afghan leaders have to come together,” Biden told reporters. “They’ve got to fight for themselves.” Biden said the United States would continue مزید پڑھیں
The Afghanistan government has removed Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai from his post, sources told Wednesday. Sources said Ahmadzai has been replaced by General Hebatullah Alizai as the new Afghanistan army chief. Reasons for the removal of the Afghan army chief were not disclosed. However, the development comes at a time مزید پڑھیں
At least 51 people were killed when militants raided three villages in central Mali near the border with Niger, a district administrator said on Monday. The towns of Ouatagouna, Karou and Deouteguef were simultaneously attacked at around 6pm on Sunday, according to a note from the Asongo district administrator to the governor of Gao region. مزید پڑھیں
Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting August 9 after about a year and a half of not receiving overseas worshippers due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state news agency, SPA, reported early on Sunday. With a capacity that would rise to 2 million pilgrims from 60,000 مزید پڑھیں
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who “looked happy” and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Police arrested the 36-year-old man in another part of Tokyo after he slashed مزید پڑھیں
Britain has warned all UK nationals in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately due to the “worsening security situation” as fighting intensifies. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Friday updated its website to advise against all travel to Afghanistan. “All British nationals in Afghanistan are advised to leave now by commercial means. If you مزید پڑھیں
Seven residents of a nursing home in Belgium have died after being infected with the Colombian variant of the coronavirus, despite being fully vaccinated, the virology team that conducted tests said on Friday. The variant of COVID-19 that originated in Colombia, or B.1.621, has been detected in recent weeks in the United States but cases مزید پڑھیں
After having his mandate endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raeisi has taken the oath of office to be officially inaugurated as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Iranian parliament on Thursday afternoon, attended by high-ranking Iranian civil and مزید پڑھیں
The United States on Wednesday rejected an appeal from the UN health agency for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots and for rich countries to focus instead on supplying poorer nations. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had urged the countries and companies controlling the supply of doses to change course immediately and مزید پڑھیں
Saudi Arabia has decided to allow entry to foreign travellers fully vaccinated with either Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines, provided that they also receive a booster shot of either of the four vaccines approved by the Kingdom, according to the country’s e-visa portal. “Guests who have completed two doses of the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines will مزید پڑھیں
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