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Kabul, Aug 21 (UNI) Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Supreme National Reconciliation Council, and former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Saturday met Abdul Rahman Mansour, the acting Taliban governor for Kabul, and urged that the safety…

Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNI) Hundreds of sex workers at Bangladesh's largest brothel have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in a one-day inoculation drive the participants hope will revive an industry devastated by the pandemic. The western town of…

Tel Aviv, Aug 22 (UNI/Sputnik) The Israeli military launched attacks against Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip after hundreds of Palestinians protested at the security fence on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. "In…

Doha/New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) The first batch of 135 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Kabul to Doha were repatriated to India on Saturday night, the Indian embassy in Doha said here on Saturday. The embassy said that they provided…

Washington , August 21 US President Joe Biden on Friday announced R. Nicholas Burns as the country's nominee for Ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel as the country's nominee for Ambassador to Japan, the White House said in a press release.…

Kolkata, Aug 20 (UNI) The Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) is sending six young athletes to represent Team India at the World Youth Championship to be held in Voronezh, Russia between August 21 and 31, 2021. This is the biggest…

Moscow, Aug 20 (UNI/Sputnik) Khadija Amin and Shabnam Dawran, female anchors with the Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), have been intimidated and barred from performing their duties by RTA's new director with the backing of the Taliban (a…

Colombo, Aug 20 (UNI/Xinhua) A 10-day nationwide quarantine curfew will be imposed in Sri Lanka from Friday night in order to prevent a further spread of the COVID-19 virus, the country's Army Commander and Head of the National Operations…

Brussels, Aug 20 (UNI/Sputnik) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that Pakistan bore special responsibility for how the situation in neighboring Afghanistan will unfold in the future. "When it comes to Pakistan, I think…

Moscow, Aug 21 (UNI/Sputnik) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 33,887 to 20,528,099 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday. According to the ministry, the death toll…

New York , August 20: UN humanitarians on Thursday said that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said…

Kabul , August 20  The Taliban were firing into the air and beating people with AK-47 to stop them from entering the airport despite having the required documents, a media report said. "It's a complete disaster. The Taliban were firing…

Indirectly suggesting that opposition leaders focus just on wooing Muslims, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said they would rather wear “topis” and say “mubarakbaad” than organise a Kumbh Mela. Replying to a…

Doha , August 19: A former Afghan national youth team footballer, Zaki Anwari, died after falling from a US aircraft while trying to escape Kabul, France 24 reported on Thursday. The 19-year-old footballer died on Monday after falling from…

Washington, Aug 20 (UNI/Sputnik) Some two dozen diplomats from the US embassy in Kabul had warned Secretary of State Antony Blinken via an internal cable about the likely collapse of Kabul shortly after the August 31 deadline for the…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while launching the fifth edition of "Defence India startup challenge " said India needs to be self-reliant in the field of defence, in the changing global security scenario as dilemma…

United Nations, Aug 19 (UNI) Countries should not place blocks and holds on the UN listing of terrorists without any reason, India said on Thursday and added that the international community should never lack the courage to call out the…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (UNI) Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Thursday that Sikhs in Afghanistan are afraid, though the Taliban have assured them safety and security. "Around three days back and also yesterday, the…

Washington, Aug 20 (UNI/Sputnik) US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Qatari counterpart during a meeting discussed the transit of American civilians and embassy personnel from Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a…

As tension mounted the night before the airlift of Indian diplomats and civilians from Kabul, the Indian establishment worked closely with the US for the evacuation Tuesday. In New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs coordinated…