Dates confirmed for one-off Test against Australia

Afghanistan’s one-off Test against Australia will be held at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena in Australia from November 27 to December 1, the Afghan Cricket Board confirmed Wednesday....

IOC reassures anxious Japan that Olympics will be safe

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reassured an anxious Japan on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for athletes as well as the host community,...

Billions of dollars in contracts at risk due to ‘lack of coordination’

Officials representing defense contractors said billions of dollars in contracts meant to support Afghanistan through U.S. government agencies are at risk during the military drawdown, and...

Three new Herat factories create 500 jobs, mostly for women

Three new factories in Herat province have been officially launched with separate production lines now in operation, local officials confirmed. The factories, and food and dairy;...

Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19

A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike...

Biden administration approved $735 million arms sale to Israel – sources

President Joe Biden’s administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, and congressional sources said on Monday that U.S. lawmakers were...

Dubai eases COVID-19 restrictions, allows full hotel capacity

Dubai on Monday eased COVID-19 restrictions, allowing hotels in the regional tourism hub to operate at full capacity and permitting concerts and sports events where all...

Tahawol: Unclear fate of Istanbul conference discussed



Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes as fighting enters second week

Israel launched dozens of air strikes on Gaza and Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave fired rocket barrages at Israeli cities as fighting spilled into a...

Pas Az Khabar: Israel’s attacks on Palestine discussed



Israel bombs Gaza home of top Hamas leader as fighting rages

Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into...

New species of crested dinosaur identified in Mexico

A team of palaeontologists in Mexico have identified a new species of dinosaur after finding its 72 million-year-old fossilized remains almost a decade ago, Mexico’s National...

China completes historic Mars spacecraft landing

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the...

COVID-19 victims among the bodies dumped in India’s Ganges

Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgement of...

Israel-Gaza conflict rages on, diplomacy yet to gain traction

Israel pummelled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants launched rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, with no sign yet of an...

India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as WHO flags concern

India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections on Saturday, but deaths stayed near the 4,000 mark, with the World Health Organisation warning that the...

Tahawol: Efforts underway for holding Istanbul peace summit

Zerbena: Weekly economic news in Afghanistan

Morning News Show: Second day of Afghan ceasefire discussed

Sola: the three-day Eid ceasefire across Afghanistan discussed