Saudi Arabia announced that it will start easing restrictions on in the country, more than two months after stringent measures were introduced to stop spread of the coronavirus. Restrictions will be lifted in three phases, culminating in the curfew completely ending – with the exception of the holy city of Makkah— from June 21, the مزید پڑھیں

China’s plans to impose a new security law on Hong Kong will not erode freedoms, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as she tried to reassure international businesses and foreign governments alarmed by the proposal. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the controversial law would “only target a handful of lawbreakers” but she would not be drawn مزید پڑھیں

The Ashraf Ghani administration on Monday released some 100 Taliban prisoners from a military prison as part of the government’s response to a surprise ceasefire offered by the militants to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival. “The government of Afghanistan has today released 100 Taliban prisoners from Bagram prison,” National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal told مزید پڑھیں

he Chinese virology institute in the city where COVID-19 first emerged had three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world, its director said on Sunday. Scientists think COVID-19 — which first emerged in Wuhan and has killed some 340,000 people worldwide — originated in bats مزید پڑھیں

Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters rallying against China’s plans to impose a new security law on the territory. Thousands of demonstrators have been marching through the city centre. Police say 120 have been arrested. Earlier, 200 senior politicians from around the world issued a joint statement criticising مزید پڑھیں

The Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday starting Sunday in a surprise move following months of bloody fighting with Afghan forces after the group signed a landmark agreement with the United States. President Ashraf Ghani swiftly welcomed the insurgents offer and ordered his forces to also comply, while the US envoy مزید پڑھیں

China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors, hitting back at “meddling” countries as Beijing’s ties with Washington soured further. The security legislation, which could see Chinese intelligence agencies set up bases in Hong Kong, has sent chills through the business مزید پڑھیں

World leaders have sent messages of condolences to the government and people of Pakistan after Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed into a residential area in Karachi on Friday. In his latest tweet on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in a plane crash in مزید پڑھیں

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the struggle to liberate Palestine is an obligation and an Islamic goal, adding “everyone must assist the Palestinian nation in this holy struggle”. “The struggle to liberate Palestine is Jihad in the way of God, and it is an obligation and an Islamic goal. Victory مزید پڑھیں

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father — a move that can potentially grant leniency to five convicted people facing death penalty. Khashoggi — a royal family insider turned critic — was killed and dismembered at the kingdom´s consulate in Istanbul in مزید پڑھیں