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Taliban fighters stand guard at the main gate of Laghman University after classes resumed for the first time since the hardline Islamist group returned to power (AFP/Mohd RASFAN)

Afghan universities reopen with trickle of women attending

Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the hardline Islamist group stormed...

2 Feb 2022 6:55 AM GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Hungarys Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin accuses US, allies of ignoring Russian security needs

Putin said the Western allies' refusal to meet Russia's demands violates their obligations on the integrity of security...

2 Feb 2022 5:16 AM GMT

Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a childs COVID-19 vaccine dose at Childrens National Hospital in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

Pfizer aims to give children as young as 6 months shots that contain one-tenth of the dose given to adults

2 Feb 2022 5:06 AM GMT

Health workers conduct a Covid-19 coronavirus test on a commuter at a train station in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on February 2, 2022, as an early government measure to detect the spread of the virus, considering that the Omicron variant has infected tens of thousands. (REZAS / AFP)

Omicron sub-variant, which could be more infectious, found in 57...

UN health agency said little was known yet about the differences between the sub-variants, and called for studies into...

2 Feb 2022 4:40 AM GMT

Yemeni pro-government fighters from the UAE-trained Giants Brigade, gather on the outskirts of Ataq city, on their way to the frontline facing pro-Iran Huthi fighters, on January 28, 2022. (Saleh Al-OBEIDI / AFP)

UAE intercepts Yemen rebel missile in third week of attacks

The defence ministry of the UAE said it responded to the attack by destroying the missile launch site in Yemen's...

31 Jan 2022 7:46 AM GMT

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to reporters during a news conference at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer, File)

US pledges to put Russia on defensive at UN Security Council

Any formal action by the Security Council is extremely unlikely, given Russia's veto power and its ties with others on...

31 Jan 2022 5:08 AM GMT

In the first three quarters of fiscal 2019, US Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicators denied 24 per cent of H-1B petitions

Registration for H1-B visas to start from March 1

As mandated by the Congress, USCIS can issue a maximum of 65,000 H-1B visas in a year

30 Jan 2022 9:09 PM GMT

Canadian PM Trudeau moved to secret location as anti-COVID rules protests flare-up

Canadian PM Trudeau moved to secret location as anti-COVID rules...

Police on high alert for possible violence after hundreds of protesters flooded into the parliamentary precinct

30 Jan 2022 7:18 AM GMT

This picture taken released from North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency on January 28 shows what North Korea says is a surface-to-surface tactical guided missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location. (AFP)

North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017

Pyongyang tested hypersonic missiles twice this month, as well as carrying out four launches of short-range ballistic...

30 Jan 2022 5:08 AM GMT

India has already announced to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan. (AFP file photo)

India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in...

Pakistan last year allowed India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route

29 Jan 2022 7:32 AM GMT

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Austin says Putin now has full range of options in Ukraine

The U.S. has put 8,500 troops on higher alert for potential deployment to support and reassure NATO allies

29 Jan 2022 4:53 AM GMT

Afghans wait to receive food rations organized by the World Food Program (WFP) in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. eastern of Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

UN expresses concern over human rights violations in Afghanistan

The UNAMA Human Rights said that there is a need for investigations, transparency and accountability of such cases

28 Jan 2022 5:51 AM GMT