Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 2 (ANI): India's all-important FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Kuwait is inching closer with every day. The West Asians are a familiar side for the Blue Tigers and this is set to be their fourth meeting in less than a year, and without a shadow of a doubt, the most significant one too. For a simple reason - a spot in the third round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers as well as direct qualif ..read more

JAKARTA -- Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to protest Israeli operations on the Rafah refugee camp. The demonstrators began assembling early in the morning, waving Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Zionist slogans. (Indonesia-Israel-Protest) - - - - MOGADISHU -- A joint airstrike carried out by the Somali and U.S. forces killed ..read more

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- At least eight people were killed and five others missing after a boat carrying 26 people capsized in a river in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, a local official confirmed to Xinhua on Saturday. The accident occurred on Saturday morning when the boat sank during a river crossing in Basol area of Momand Dara district, said Quraishi Badloon, head of the provincial information de ..read more

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and 21 others injured in a highway accident in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday, spokesperson for provincial police department Mullah Asadullah Jamshid said. The deadly accident took place on the road in Maiwand district along a highway linking Kandahar with the western Herat province when a car collided with a rickshaw, the offi ..read more

Georgetown [Guyana], June 1 (ANI): Star all-rounder Mitchell Santner admitted that New Zealand had a "chaotic start" to the T20 World Cup 2024 as the squad chose extra training sessions over an actual warm-up game due to logistical constraints and with players arriving in three batches due to Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments. However, after a few days of training in Trinidad, Santner claimed New Zealand can "really ..read more

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): As many as 20 people have died after a boat capsized in Afghanistan's Nangarhar on Saturday, Khaama Press reported, citing Taliban's local officials. According to the Taliban, five passengers of the boat have been rescued. Taliban-appointed governor's office said that the bodies of five victims have been recovered so far, according to Khaama Press report. The boat was carrying 25 people ..read more

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Police discovered arms and ammunition in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Saturday, said a statement of the provincial information office. The confiscated arms and ammunition were discovered during a series of operations in parts of Baghlan province, the statement added. According to the statement, the illegal weapons included five pieces of PK machine ..read more

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, June 1 (Xinhua) -- At least five commuters were killed and five others injured in a road accident in north Afghanistan's Balkh province on Friday, Mohammad Essa Wasiq, the spokesperson for the provincial police department, said on Saturday. The accident occurred after two vehicles collided due to overspeeding and overturned on a road in the Sholgara district, the official said ..read more

By Diksha RathoreNew Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said that the Western countries cannot escape their share of responsibility for the human rights issues and that the agreement signed by the US with Taliban in February 2020 showed that the rights of women were not a core concern for the co ..read more

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 1 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and five others missing after a boat carrying 26 people capsized in a river in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, a local official confirmed to Xinhua on Saturday. The accident occurred on Saturday morning when the boat sank during a river crossing in Basol area of Momand Dara district, said Quraishi Badloon, head of the provinci ..read more