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Afghans Suffer Deadliest Ramadan Since 2001
Afghanistan has suffered its deadliest Ramadan since the US-led invasion in 2001 with over 200 killed and hundreds...
US Ends Role of Special Envoy To Afghanistan and Pakistan
The United States abolished the role of its special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday, just as it prepares to...
Dhawan Excels Before Rain Stops India
Shikhar Dhawan extended his excellent Champions Trophy form to the start of the West Indies tour but heavy rain was...
Hezbollah Says ‘thousands’ of Fighters To Respond If Israel Attacks
The head of Lebanese movement Hezbollah on Friday warned Israel against attacking Lebanon or Syria, saying "hundreds of...
At Least Two Dozen People Killed In Multiple Pakistan Blasts
Multiple blasts killed at least 24 people in two Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month,...
War-Hit Afghanistan Ecstatic Over Cricket Test Status
Cricket-mad Afghanistan was euphoric after being awarded Test match status, a rare glimmer of good news amid rising...
At Least Five Dead In SW Pakistan Explosion
An explosion targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city on Friday killed at least five people...
Afghanistan’s ‘hill of Widows’ Live In A World Apart
The first women settled on this stony slope outside Kabul in the 1990s hoping to escape the stigma those like them are...
Michigan Airport Attacker Tried To Buy Gun
The man arrested for stabbing a police officer in the neck at a Michigan airport -- in what has been classified as a...
Kenya’s Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access...
Ireland and Afghanistan Join Test Elite
Ireland and Afghanistan were awarded Test match status on Thursday, taking the number of countries playing at the...
Afghanistan To Hold Delayed Parliamentary Polls In July 2018
Afghanistan will hold its delayed parliamentary elections on July 7, 2018, the top polling official said Thursday,...
India’s Share of Cricket Revenue Hiked To $405m
India's share of world cricket revenues will increase from $293 to $405 million under a new deal agreed at a meeting of...
Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access...
20 Dead As Car Bomb Hits Bank In Southern Afghanistan
Twenty people were killed Thursday when a powerful car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city as...
‘Multiple Casualties As Car Bomb Hits Bank In South Afghanistan’
A powerful car bomb Thursday struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city when civilian and military government...
Afghanistan, Ireland Face Cricket Test D-Day
Afghanistan and Ireland are poised to become the 11th and 12th members of Test match cricket's close-knit club on...
FBI Probing Michigan Airport Stabbing As ‘terrorism’
The FBI is investigating as an "act of terrorism" a knife attack on a Michigan airport police officer Wednesday by a...
US Army ‘deserter’ Bowe Bergdahl Appears In Court
Bowe Bergdahl, the US Army sergeant held captive in Afghanistan for five years before being freed in a prisoner swap --...