New Delhi/Kabul,  Unprecedented number of Afghan civilians will perish and be maimed this year if the increasing violence is not stemmed, said Deborah Lyons, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative for Afghanistan.

"Intensify your efforts at the negotiating table, stop the Afghan against Afgha

Tokyo,   Hosting the Olympics under the fourth Covid-19 state of emergency, Tokyo reported 1,429 new daily Covid-19 infections on Monday, exceeding the 1,000-mark for the seventh day in a row, local media reported on Monday.

Due to the recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections, the cumulative tally o

Baghdad, Iraq reported on Monday 12,180 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily count since the outbreak of the pandemic, raising the nationwide caseload to 1,564,828.

A statement by the health ministry also confirmed 60 more deaths, bringing the death toll from the virus to 18,347, while the total recoveries i

Beijing,  The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 31 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, all in Jiangsu Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

Also reported were 40 new imported cases, of which 19 were reported in Yunnan, 13 in Guangdong, four in Shanghai, three

New Delhi/Kabul,  Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recent Human Rights Watch and other verified independent sources' report on documenting the Taliban's violence and crimes, and "strongly condemns these reprehensible crimes".

"The reports by verified i

Washington,  The US will keep existing travel restrictions from entering the country due to the surging cases of Covid-19 Delta variant, the White House said on Monday.

Driven by the rising Delta variant cases here at home, particularly among those who are unvaccinated, "we will mai

Washington,  US President Joe Biden said on Monday that American forces in Iraq will end the combat mission by the end of the year while continuing to train and assist Iraqi forces.

"Our role in Iraq will be... continue to train, to assist, to help and to deal with ISIS (Islamic State) as it rises,

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the Central government to submit, in a sealed cover, its response to the plea by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) against suspension of its registration for 180 days over allegations that the NGO violated the Foreign Contribution (Regulation)

Mumbai,  The death toll in flooded regions of Maharashtra shot up from 149 to 192 on Monday while another 25 are still missing, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said.

In the biggest flood rescue operation in the state in decades, 375,178 people have been evacuated and relocated to safer are

Shimla,  The Himachal Pradesh government said on Monday that a fake video has been made viral on social media regarding massive traffic jams in the state and tourists evacuating in large numbers.

It said the video is fake and misleading as it did not pertain to the state. The roads are open and there are