Kabul: In response to Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s forces have targeted Pakistan’s military posts along the Durand Line with heavy weapons, the Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported, citing the Taliban-led Ministry of Defence. In a press release, the Taliban-led Ministry of Defence stated, “In response to this aggression, the border forces of Taliban targeted…
Illinois: Former US President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Illinois, reported The Hill, citing Decision Desk HQ. Trump, however, has already achieved the required delegate threshold he needs to secure the Republican nominations, and his win in Illinois adds to his winning streak on the GOP side. According to a tracker from…
Buenos Aires: Argentinian police deployed water cannons, batons and tear gas against anti-austerity demonstrators blocking key roads into the capital, Buenos Aires, on Monday. Protesters responded by hurling stones at the police, injuring two officers and a journalist, according to local media. Thousands of supporters of various social movements have been protesting against severe cuts to…
Abuja: An armed gang kidnapped at least 87 people from a village in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said on Monday. The hostages — among which are both women and children — were taken from a village in the Kajuru district on Sunday. Some 75 people were abducted from other nearby villages over the past week. In…
Krabi: People from all walks of life, including the elderly, handicapped and children, waited to pay respects to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples on Monday in Thailand’s Krabi on the last day of their exposition/enshrinement. The holy relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples are currently enshrined in Wat Mahathat…
Dharamshala: American human rights activist and philanthropist – and son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr – Martin Luther King III met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on Monday. He was accompanied by his family, including his wife and daughter. While speaking to reporters Martin Luther King III stated, “To be…
Johannesburg : The number of Chinese workers across Africa has dropped significantly to its lowest level in more than a decade, Voice of America reported, citing data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Earlier in 2015, 263,696 workers were recorded on the continent, which drastically declined to 88,371 in 2022. The China Africa Research Initiative at…
NEW DEHLI: Millions of people in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru are facing an unprecedented water crisis as a key supply of the resource runs dry, in what experts said is a result of unplanned urbanization in the southern metropolis. The city also known as Bangalore and more popularly as India’s “Silicon Valley” is located…
CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was blanketed by hazy smog Friday, as residents and visitors to the usually picturesque northern city were left wheezing in the toxic air. The country’s second largest city topped air monitoring website IQAir’s table of the world’s most polluted cities early Friday.Levels of PM2.5 pollutants — cancer-causing…
New Delhi: The Indian Navy swiftly responded to an attack by pirates on a Bangladeshi-flagged vessel off the coast of Somalia and deployed its assets to rescue crew members who were taken hostage. The Bangladesh-flagged vessel MV Abdullah carrying coal was headed from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates when it came under attack by…
