The Taliban say they will close all domestic and foreign non-governmental groups in Afghanistan that employ women. It comes two years after NGOs were asked to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they were not wearing the Islamic headscarf correctly. In a letter published on Sunday night, the Ministry of Economy warned that…
Pakistan reported one new polio case in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday, raising the year’s total to 68, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, along with Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic; The disease mainly affects children under five…
Image Credit: X Indian Army NEW DELHI: Konchok Stanzin, Ladakh councilor has questioned the relevance of the statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, installed by the Indian Army on the banks of Pangong Lake.Stanzin, a local resident, criticized the lack of local involvement in its construction and called for a shift in focus toward projects…
A major investigation was underway Monday after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash ever in South Korea when a plane landed at Muan International Airport on Sunday before skidding into a wall and bursting into flames. Questions remain about what exactly caused Jeju Air Flight 2216 to crash and why the death…
When the calendar turned a year ago, Canadian real estate observers were optimistic that a slow 2023 would give way to a recovery, with hopes of renewed demand as soon as spring. But the delay in 2024 lasted longer than some expected, and the Bank of Canada waited until June to implement the first of…
The bulls decided to take control of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) floor on Monday as the stock gained over 3,900 points on investors’ expectations that the key interest rate would hit single digits in the near future. The benchmark KSE-100 index rose 3,678.20, or 3.30 percent, to settle at 115,029.37 from the previous close…
Parents of NCC cadets attending a camp at KMM College of Arts and Sciences remove their protections after many students suffered food poisoning and were hospitalized, in Thrikkakara on Monday. NEW DELHI: Two people were arrested for assaulting a senior officer at an NCC camp held at KMM College in Thrikkakara, Kerala, following an alleged…
The fight during Philadelphia’s Week 17 win over Dallas was largely one-sided. Until the last three minutes. Late in the fourth quarter, the Eagles, leading 41-7, kicked a routine punt to start a play that quickly led to the ejections of Philadelphia’s Sydney Brown and Dallas’ Troy Pride and Jalen Brooks. After Brown and Brooks…
As calls grow within the federal Liberal Party for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as leader, one political analyst says there is little his critics can do to force him. In a Sunday interview with CTV news channel, Lori Turnbull of Dalhousie University and the Institute of Governance said the decision remains Trudeau’s…
Widely popular among young people for their dizzying variety of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, the time for disposable e-cigarettes is over in Belgium, the first EU country to ban them. From January 1, the sale of single-use vaporizers will be banned in Belgium, in a bid to protect the health of young people…