Kabul, (UNI)
The Afghan government on Tuesday released another batch of 900 Taliban prisoners in the latest move to advance inter-Afghan peace talks with the militant group, a spokesman for the National Security Council office confirmed.
Spokesperson Javid Faisal
Agencies, Beijing
China is ready to join efforts with the international community on finding the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, but this process should not be politicized, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
“The Chinese side has an open position regarding the
Islamabad (UNI)
A Pakistan passenger plane, with over 100 people onboard, crashed at a residential complex near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi while landing on Friday afternoon. The number of casualties as well as injured could not be ascertained yet. Health Minister Azra Pechu
Agencies, Kathmandu
Nepal on Wednesday published a new political map that includes a small stretch of disputed land, toughening its stance on a decadeslong row over the territory with India which rejected the move.
Nepal’s liberal communist Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli
Geneva, (UNI)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported the highest single day detection of coronavirus cases worldwide in the last 24 hours that is said to be 106,000.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is
Geneva, (UNI)
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental health conditions in the coming months, according to a policy brief on COVID-19 and mental health issued by the United Nations
Geneva, Switzerland, (UNI)
The World Health Organization(WHO) has warned in its 2020 World Health Statistics report that the Covid-19 pandemic could be a setback to progress made towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Sputnik quoted WHO chie
Dubai, (UNI)
An Indian doctor in Kuwait, who worked as an endodontist at the Kuwait Oil Company, died from the corona infection, He is the country's second medical professional to die due to COVID-19, according to a media report.
Dr Vasudeva Rao, 54, died on
Tehran, (UNI)
Nineteen Iranian Navy personnel were killed while 15 others injured from an accident that took place in an Iranian vessel during military drills in southern Iran, the country's Navy confirmed in a statement on Monday.
The accident took place at the vesse
Jerusalem, (Xinhua)
A 99-year-old Israeli woman has recovered from coronavirus and was discharged from hospital, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem said on Monday.
The patient, Susi Itzinger, and her late husband Hershel have immigrated to Israel from the U.S.
