Kabul,  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said more than 24 million Afghans are in grave need of humanitarian assistance.

" As many as 24.4 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance," the ICRC said on Twitter.

"This is a 30 per cent in

New Delhi/Islamabad, Beset by the massive hike in the prices of petroleum products and diesel, the residents of Islamabad held a protest under the banner of Jamaat-e-Islami, seeking a rollback of the prices and the resignation of the Pakistani leadership in the eventuality of the failure to do so.

Addressing

New York, In a three-contest winning streak by Indian-American students, Jaskaran Singh has won the premiere quiz tournament for students, the National College Championship Jeopardy with a prize of $250,000.

The 22-year-old red-turbaned Sikh studying at the University of Texas at Austin on Tuesday beat out 35 othe

Denver, The coldest weather in 123 years has gripped Denver, the capital of the western US state of Colorado, reaching minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 21.6 degrees centigrade), according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

The previous record of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 20 degrees centigrade) was set

London/Kiev,   As Russia began a military strike against Ukraine on Thursday, reports surfaced that Twitter blocked several accounts of researchers sharing footage and other information about Russian invasion.

Several researchers sharing Russia-Ukraine information found their Twitter accounts unexpe

Sao Paulo,  The death toll from mudslides and floods in the Brazilian city of Petropolis, in southeast Rio de Janeiro state, rose to 204, authorities said.

According to the police, at least 51 people remained missing as rescue efforts continued to retrieve victims from the mountains of mud that buried homes o

London/Kiev, FAs Russia began military operations against Ukraine, key Ukrainian government websites were down early on Thursday as multiple cyber attacks hit the country.

The websites of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, and those of the ministries of foreign affairs, infrastructure, education and others, were

Washington,  US President Joe Biden on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's announcement of a military operation in Ukraine as "an unprovoked and unjustified attack" and that the "world will hold Russia accountable" for the subsequent developments.

In a statement is

Moscow,  In view of the latest situation, Russia has closed its airspace to civilian aircraft starting from Thursday on its western borders with Ukraine and Belarus, the Russian aviation authorities announced.

The announcement came shortly after President Vladimir Putin authorised a "special militar

New Delhi,  Ukraine was under siege on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he was invading in what he termed a "special military operation", sending in tanks from the northern border with Belarus in a combined Russian-Belarussian offensive, and launching attacks from the east and south,