Kabul, Aug 18 (IANS) Over 52 people, including children, were injured in Afghanistan following a grenade explosion near the Sham-e Hedayat private school in Dasht-e Barchi area of western Kabul, local media reported citing security officials and witnesses.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to transfer jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to Islamabad's Shifa International Hospital for a comprehensive medical examination within the next few days, local media reported.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) India’s proposal to build a digital bridge between the domestic currency payment networks of BRICS member nations has become the most important item on the agenda for the forthcoming summit of the bloc to be held in Delhi, according to an article published by South Africa’s IOL news website.
Paris, Aug 18 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent assault of a journalist in Bangladesh, allegedly by police officers inside a police van in Dhaka after he reportedly filmed the officers assaulting a woman in the capital’s Bijoy Sarani intersection.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Israel expects two more rounds of negotiations with India on the proposed free trade agreement, with the two sides likely to have greater clarity on the pact by February 2027, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Amid escalating unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has drawn the international community's attention to the mounting humanitarian abuses committed by the Pakistani forces in the occupied territory.
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump cited India’s electoral system as a model for the United States as he renewed his demand for stricter voter identification rules and urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) More than 50 House Democrats have raised concerns that the Trump administration’s critical minerals agreements could enrich politically connected families, expose American taxpayers to financial losses and weaken congressional oversight.
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) A regional conflict in which nuclear weapons are used locally and trigger a wider escalation poses a greater danger than a surprise mass attack on the United States, a senior Pentagon official has warned.
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) A group of 19 US lawmakers has slammed Meta’s election safeguards as inadequate, warning that its rollback of fact-checking and growing reliance on artificial intelligence could leave American voters exposed to deepfakes and political disinformation ahead of the 2026 elections.
