International

Somali army kills 11 militants in central region

MOGADISHU: AUGUST 18 – The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by Galmudug state forces,...

Malaysian King to appoint new PM, asks political leaders to work together

KUALA LUMPUR: AUGUST 18 – Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has urged...

‘We need help’: Haiti earthquake survivors lack food, shelter

LEY CAYES: AUGUST 18 – Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace is forcing Haiti’s...

Afghanistan war: WFP vice-president says ‘the country is in a very big and serious humanitarian crisis’

KABUL: AUGUST 18 – With the Taliban regaining power in Afghanistan two decades later,...

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 32,285,857

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 18 – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 32,285,857 on Wednesday, as...

Haiti quake death toll climbs to 1,941

LES CAYES, HAITI: AUGUST 18 – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that...

Top Taliban Leaders Return Home

KABUL: AUGUST 18 – The group’s top leaders have returned home from Qatar since...

2 paramilitary fighters killed in bomb attack in eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD: AUGUST 17 – Two paramilitary tribal fighters were killed and four others wounded...

This photo is not of an Indian rescued from Kabul

KATHMANDU: AUGUST 17 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban, a radical religious group, has recently...

Normalcy returns to Afghan capital, Taliban urges gov’t workers to return to work

KABUL: AUGUST 17 – Normality has returned to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan as...