Prize money for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 revealed

An overall $10 million pot has been announced for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India. The winners of the Men’s Cricket World Cup...

National Procurement Commission approves 25 projects worth 6 billion AFN

The National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved a total of 25 projects, collectively valued at approximately 6 billion afghanis. In a routine session convened Sunday at...

84 Afghan athletes taking part in this year’s Asian Games

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s general directorate of physical education and sport said Sunday 84 athletes from Afghanistan are taking part in this year’s Asian Games...

Health minister unveils new emergency call center

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) public health minister, Dr Qalandar Ibaad, has officially launched the newly established call center for emergencies. The National Emergency Operations...

Fire in shop kills 35 people in southeastern Benin

At least 35 people were killed in southeastern Benin on Saturday after a fire broke out at a shop where witnesses said gasoline was being unloaded,...

China’s Xi opens Hangzhou Asian Games, ceremony dazzles

Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the COVID-delayed 19th Asian Games in the Eastern city of Hangzhou during a spectacular and at times raucous ceremony on Saturday,...

Tahawol: Meeting of ex-Afghan diplomats on sidelines of UNGA discussed

Saar: Pakistan’s concern over threat of terrorism from Afghanistan discussed

NASA’s first asteroid sample on track for Sunday parachute landing in Utah

A NASA space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material plucked from the surface of an asteroid three years ago hurtled toward Earth this weekend headed...

Pig heart transplanted into human patient for the second time

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such...

Polish PM tells Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘never to insult Poles again’

Poland’s prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday not to “insult” Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to...

Exclusive interview with Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, deputy foreign minister

Oil prices rise as Russia fuel export ban stokes supply concerns

Oil prices rose on Friday as renewed global supply concerns from Russia’s fuel export ban counteracted fears that slowing economies and high interest rates could crimp...

Fuel prices spike again in Afghanistan

Kabul residents have expressed their concern over the increase in fuel and gas prices, saying that a liter of gasoline has jumped to 80 afghanis and...

Explainer: What to know about October’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse

Millions of people in the Americas will be in a position to witness an astronomical treat on Oct. 14 with a solar eclipse in which –...

Mohammed bin Salman says Saudi Arabia is getting ‘closer’ to Israel normalization

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and...

China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels ‘unrealistic’

The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China’s top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role...

Tahawol: Tajikistan’s concern over increase in drug trafficking from Afghanistan

Saar: International Day of Peace discussed

Dortmund need win against Wolfsburg as storm clouds gather

Borussia Dortmund host in-form VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday hoping for a victory that will dispel the storm clouds that have been gathering amid...