Capitol riot panel’s final report sets out case to try Trump
The congressional panel probing the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol released its final report late on Thursday, outlining its case that former…
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16 Indian soldiers killed as military truck skids down slope
Sixteen soldiers were killed in India’s remote northeast on Friday when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the…
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban
A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said,…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells US Congress aid is ‘not charity’, urges more support
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the US Congress that aid to Ukraine was an investment in democracy and “not charity” as he invoked American battles against…
Ex-US envoy denounces Taliban ban on university education for girls
The former US special envoy to the region Zalmay Khalilzad has expressed resentment on Wednesday over the Afghan Taliban’s announcement to suspend university education for…
Taliban release two detained Americans in ‘goodwill gesture’
The Taliban have freed two Americans in detention in Afghanistan, the State Department said on Tuesday, on the same day that the regime faced condemnation…
UN chief calls on Taliban govt to end terror activities posing threat to Pakistan from Afghan soil
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban administration in Kabul to ensure an end to “all forms of terrorism activities” that posed…
UN urges Afghan govt to stop terrorist attacks against Pakistan
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres has urged the interim Afghanistan government not to allow terrorist organisations to use Afghan soil to carry out attacks…
US stands ‘ready to assist Pakistan against terrorism
Amid the rising terror incidents in Pakistan after the banned TTP ended ceasefire, the US has offered to help the country in dealing with the…
Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv as Putin arrives in ally Belarus
Moscow launched a “kamikaze” drone attack on Monday, hitting key infrastructure in and around Kyiv, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Belarus, fuelling…