A gunman shot dead five members of a family injuring another inside a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday, Kabul police spokesman, Khalid Zadran confirmed. An armed man, carrying a pistol, opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing five people, all members of the same family, Zadran confirmed […]
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, on Tuesday, launched a national programme for the treatment of cancer patients. The government is also establishing a new government agency, database and localising patients in the country. The new agency will be responsible for developing and implementing necessary policies, plans and programmes to treat cancer. The database is to […]
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the situation in Iran is critical” as authorities’ response to protests have caused over 300 deaths in two months. Volker Turk, the spokesperson for U.N. Human Rights Chief, made this known at a Geneva news briefing on Tuesday. He said that “the rising number of deaths from […]
At least five persons have died in Malawi due to adverse weather, which included strong winds, stormy rains, lightning and hailstorms, in different parts of the country, an official said. A spokesman for the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), Chipiliro Khamula, said on Monday that preliminary reports indicated that 450 households in 11 districts […]
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indonesia’s West Java province, on Monday, has killed at least 162 people, officials said. The quake also caused heavy damage to many houses, buildings and infrastructure facilities. People strongly felt the tremors in the national capital Jakarta. About 13,784 people were forced to flee their homes and take shelter […]
Zoom Video Communications Inc, on Monday, lowered its annual revenue forecast, as the video-conferencing platform expects a hit from declining online business. Zoom Chief Financial Officer, Kelly Steckelberg, said during a post-earnings call that the company’s online business would decline nearly eight per cent during the year. After recording blistering growth during the pandemic, Zoom, […]
The British Government says it has no plans to move to a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union. This is coming after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s eurosceptic lawmakers warned against pursuing closer alignment with the trading bloc. The Sunday Times reported that Sunak’s government would look to pursue frictionless trade with the EU, which Britain […]
A South Korean fighter jet crashed on Sunday, with its pilot escaping safely, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean air force. The KF-16 fighter jet, which belongs to the 19th Fighter Wing, crashed at about 8.05 p.m. local time (1105 GMT) in an area some 20 kilometres west of Wonju city. Wonju is […]
Libya and Tunisia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade cooperation between the two countries. The MoU was signed by the Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Hwej, and the Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Fadhila Rabhi, the Libyan Government said in a statement issued. The agreement includes studying […]
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in a military operation in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistani military said on Wednesday. An exchange of fire occurred between security forces and terrorists in the Hilal Khel area of the Bajaur district of the province, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army’s media […]