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Islamabad: At least 23 people died and nine people were hurt when   a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's Pallandri area on Wednesday, media reports said. more
Taliban bans all foreign currencies in Afghanistan: Statement

Kabul (JEN): The Taliban has declared a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in Afghanistan amid a financial catastrophe, according to a statement.

Afghanistan: Taliban govt issues bizarre diktat where it directs people not to use foreign currency within country

Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has banned use of any foreign currency in any internal trade deals, marking yet another bizarre diktat issued by the regime.

Pakistan backed anti-India Khalistan referendum in London falls flat

London: The Khalistan referendum, which was held in London on Sunday propped by Pakistan, whose spy agency is trying to revive the anti-India Khalistan separatism cause, has failed to att ...

10 blue helmets injured during attack in Central African Republic

New York: Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday. 

Mediation efforts to resolve Sudan crisis underway, UN envoy reports

New York: Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists in New Yor ...

UNAIDS upholds decriminalization, access to services, on International Drug Users’ Day

New York: People who use drugs should not be criminalized, the UN agency leading the global fight to stamp out HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Monday, in calling for greater funding for com ...

Afghanistan: Twin blasts, gunfire reported near Kabul military hospital

Kabul (JEN): Two powerful explosions have been reported near a military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul while the sound of gunfire has been heard across the area, according to loc ...

Security officers shoot knife-wielding man shouting 'Allahu Akbar' at Saint-Lazare railway station: French media

Paris (JEN): The French railway security officers fired at a man brandishing a knife and shouting "Allahu Akbar" at Saint-Lazare station in northwest Paris on Monday late evenin ...

Pakistan: Gas explosion in Islamabad leaves one dead

Islamabad: An explosion triggered by a gas leak led to the death of one person and injury of four persons in Pakistan's Islamabad city, media reports said on Monday.