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Special Desk Apprehending they may not be allowed to play the female players of the Afghanistan’s junior national soccer team crossed border and entered Pakistan, reports said. The team had spent the past month in hiding amid fears of a crackdown on women’s rights by the Taliban that took over …

Special Desk US pop star Britney Spears who is fighting a legal battle to end her conservatorship, has now announced her engagement to her long-time boyfriend, Sam Asghari. To announce their engagement the singer posted a video of them showing off the ring on social media platform. The 39-year-old pop …

Special Desk IN a world’s first such case a health minister is currently facing probe for mishandling of pandemic management. Former health minister of France, Agnès Buzyn, is facing investigation over the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Buzyn served in office from 2017 until 2020. Prosecutors looking into government failings …

Special Desk Its over an year now that previous administration had quit following Beirut explosion, a new government has finally taken over in Lebanon. The PM is now Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s richest man, a position he held twice before. His appointment, along with the naming of a new cabinet, ends …

Special Desk Since the US forces left Afganistan on August 30, some 200 people, including Americans, could fly out of Kabul. This is the first such operation since US forces left. The flight took passengers to Qatari capital Doha late on Thursday evening and a second such flight is slated …

Special Desk Unarmed women protestors demanding rights following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan were stopped with tear gas allege the protestors. The women group say the Taliban targeted them with tear gas and pepper spray as they tried to walk from a bridge to the presidential palace during the protest …

Special Desk The Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided to step down and shall not even re-contest as a PM candidate. This has set the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response particularly and gradually sinking public support. Suga said he …

Special Desk Life has been disrupted as storm Ida has brought flash floods and heavy rain to New York City. US President Joe Biden said historic investment is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 …

Special Desk Hours after the American troop left Afghanistan on August 31 a chilling video emerged showing a body dangling from a US Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly over Kandahar. It is unclear if the person dangling from the rope was dead or alive or whether it was a human or …

Special Desk A formal withdrawal by US forces has left Taliban as in charge at Kabul. The US had decided August 31 as the date for a final withdrawal and hence it did after two decades of war, leaving the Taliban in charge. America’s top military commander in the region, …