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In Afghanistan, at least 124 people died in freezing temperatures during the last two weeks. According to State Ministry for Disaster Management spokesman, about 70,000 livestock had also perished in what is the coldest winter in a decade. It is pertinent to mention that many aid agencies suspended operations in…

Ten people were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park, California, at a ballroom dance venue late on Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The suspected gunman fled the scene, and police were still trying to find him, the department said early on Sunday morning. There…

At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, carrying…

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led Interim Government has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin and develop an oil reserve in the country’s northern Sar-e Pul province. According to state-run Bakhtar News Agency, the contract was signed by acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Sheikh…

The Taliban government in Afghanistan Thursday announced its forces killed several militants, most of them foreign nationals, from a Daesh network that was behind the attack on the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul last month. On December 2, Daesh militants stormed the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, targeting Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) to Afghanistan Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. The…

Mexican authorities said  that at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city. The Chihuahua state prosecutor said in a statement that among those who died in the…

The Islamic Organization for Food Security Day (IOFS) is being observed on Monday. Its objective is to provide technical know-how to member states on the various aspects of sustainable agriculture, rural development and food security. In this regard, the IOFS is gathering the Diplomatic Corps and other relevant stakeholders in…

Saudi Arabia has announced to organize a conference and exhibition of Hajj and Umrah services aiming at simplify procedures for the arrival of pilgrims to the Two Holy Mosques to improve the quality of services provided there. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has said it will organize a…

In Turkiye, at least six persons have died and several others injured in an explosion on Istanbul’s historic Istiklal Street.  According to Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya, the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the explosion in Istanbul’s Istiklal Street was…

Southeast Asian leaders have demanded that Myanmar’s military rulers implement a peace plan aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the country. The demand was made during the first day of talks at the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh today. The…

In the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup, at Sydney, England beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets and qualified for semi-final. Earlier, batting first, Sri Lanka scored 141 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, England achieved the target in 19.4 overs for the…

In the ICC Men’s T-20 World Cup at Adelaide, Netherlands beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets on Wednesday. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 117 runs and were all out in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Netherlands achieved the target in 18 overs for the loss of 5 wickets.  Pakistan will take…

A man from southern China won a 219 million yuan ($29.9 million) lottery jackpot which are arranged by the government. After winning the lottery instead of what a common man would respond and telling the whole world that he is a rich guy now, he kept it a secret from his wife…

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after a Halloween crush killed some 151 people in a packed nightlife area in Seoul. Yoon expressed condolences to the victims, mostly teenagers and people in their 20s, and his wishes for a speedy recovery to the…

At least 60 people have been killed in an aerial attack on a concert in Kachin state of Myanmar by its military. The attacks took place while artists were performing on stage as part of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a powerful separatist…

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinoceroses and the only Asian rhino with two horns. They are covered with long hair and are more closely related to the extinct woolly rhinos than any of the other rhino species alive today. Calves are born with a dense covering that…

Punjab Chief Minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has announced to create five new districts in the province. Chairing a high level meeting in Lahore on Friday, the Chief Minister approved to make Taunsa Sharif, Murree, Wazirabad, Talagang and Kot Addu as new districts. He said the move will improve administration and…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the US-brokered maritime border deal between Israel and Lebanon to demarcate their common maritime border. The agreement to establish the maritime border followed months of talks mediated by senior US official Amos Hochstein.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia’s attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine. The resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35 states – including China and India-abstained. Beside, Russia, four the countries rejected the vote, including Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Nicaragua. Although symbolic,…

At least twenty-six people have been killed in Guatemala and El Salvador due to torrential rains after a former Hurricane Julia hit the territories. According to Guatemala’s disaster prevention agency, 14 people killed in Alta Verapaz and Huehuetenango provinces. In El Salvador, twelve people have been killed in the result…

Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have adopted a long-term goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, following two weeks of intensive diplomacy at the agency’s 41st Assembly. According to a UN press release, in order to achieve this aim, several CO2 emissions reductions measures will need…