KABUL -UNS /AFP: The Taliban flogged 27 Afghans, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year. Their chief spokesman also pushed back at international criticism of the public punishments, […]
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US approved approved over $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan. President Biden signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China,on Tuesday. According to State Department, it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Today on December 6 marks the 30th anniversary of the demolition of the historic Babri Mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya by Hindu zealots. The occasion is a sad reminder of the growing anti-Muslim frenzy in India ever since. We condemn the ongoing construction of a Hindu […]
NEW YORK- N.Y. : U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called for the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to work toward the full implementation of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) merchant category code (MCC) for gun and ammunition retailers. Implementation of this new monitoring method […]
BEIJING : Three Chinese astronauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV reported, bringing to an end a six-month mission on China’s space station. The three astronauts – commander Chen Dong and teammates Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe – […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS-Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received a call from the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi in the wake of terrorist attack on Pakistan Mission in Kabul. The Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. Reiterating […]
TEHRAN:President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran’s Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives. A top state security body, meanwhile, said that 200 people, including members of […]
KABUL – Two suicide bombers disguised as burqa-clad women were killed as they tried to storm the headquarters of an Afghan political party in Kabul Friday, its veteran leader said. Hekmatyar is regarded as a political survivor in Afghanistan, having fought against the Soviet occupation, the Taliban’s first stint in […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS : United Arab Emirates celebrating the 51st anniversary with the sense of pride and privilege, mainly attributed to its leadership, the faithful people and the great achievements made by Emirates over the last five decades. The miraculous accomplishments in the areas of development over the last year coincide […]
