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14-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: The Taliban continued with their onslaught against the Afghanistan government Wednesday, as a spokesperson of the group said they had captured the important Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan. “The (Taliban) Mujahideen have captured an important border town called Wesh in …

14-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: At least 17 people, including at least nine Chinese nationals and two Pakistani soldiers, have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in a remote region of northern Pakistan, officials said. In a statement …

14-07-2021 JOHANNESBURG: Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in decades. Protests that followed Zuma’s arrest last week have widened into …

14-07-2021 GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist Tuesday warned against mixing and matching coronavirus vaccines, referring to it as a “dangerous trend”. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match,” Soumya Swaminathan told an …

14-07-2021 ILLINOIS: Illinois has become the first US state to require teaching Asian American history in government-run schools. Attacks on Asian Americans have been rising since the start of the pandemic, and state officials say the law will combat false stereotypes and bigotry. Schools will be required to teach about …

13-07-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An organization of top Indian doctors has warned that a third wave of COVID is inevitable as travel restrictions ease across the country. Photos and videos of tourists flocking to popular destinations have gone viral in recent days. Videos show that most of them are …

13-07-2021 DUBAI: The world’s deepest swimming pool for underwater diving has opened in Dubai, where people can descend 60 metres (197 ft) to a sunken city-themed landscape and play arcade games. Dubai, a tourism and business hub with desert terrain and months of scorching summer temperatures has a reputation for …

13-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON:  The US general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command on Monday at a ceremony in Kabul, in what was a symbolic end to America’s longest conflict ever as Taliban gain momentum across the country. Miller, …

13-07-2021 TEHRAN: Iran on Monday introduced a Muslim dating application aimed at facilitating “lasting and informed marriage” for its youth, state television reported. Called Hamdam — Farsi for “companion” — the service allows users to “search for and choose their spouse,” the broadcaster said. It is the only state-sanctioned platform …

13-07-2021 BAGHDAD: As many as 52 people have been killed in a fire at the coronavirus isolation ward of a hospital in Iraq, the second such deadly blaze in a COVID-19 unit in three months. The fire broke out at the Al-Hussein hospital in the southern city of Nasiriya late …