Mumbai: As Taliban fighters continue to gain control amid the withdrawal of international forces, India said it had temporarily brought back officials from its consulate in Kandahar, a major city in southern Afghanistan. "Due to intense fighting near Kandahar city, India-based personnel have been brought back

Srinagar: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over will observe Kashmir Martyrs Day tomorrow to pay homage to martyrs of July 13, 1931. In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference has appealed the Kashmiri people to mark

Cairo: The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam says 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year. In a report titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies, Oxfam said that the death toll from

Juba: President Salva Kiir pledged not to return South Sudan to war as the country marked 10 years of troubled independence with little cause to rejoice. At midnight on July 9, 2011, raucous celebrations erupted as the world’s newest nation was born and the people of

United Nations: The UN Security Council unanimously approved an extension of activity at the only border crossing through which humanitarian aid reaches a rebel-held part of Syria. This stemmed from a compromise reached by the United States and Russia, both of which hailed what they called

Dubai: Saudi Arabia is concerned about increased nuclear activities by Iran which threaten regional security, a Saudi foreign ministry official said, after Tehran started the process of producing enriched uranium metal. The UN nuclear watchdog said that Iran had begun the enrichment process, a move that

Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for international pressure to force a deal between the Kabul government and the Taliban to end the conflict in Afghanistan. "The security situation in Afghanistan only argues more for international pressure to have a negotiated political settlement to end

Geneva: A top UN rights expert called for Israeli settlements to be classified as war crimes, urging the international community to finally demand accountability for a practice it has long deemed illegal. Presenting his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Michael Lynk,

London: Meghan Markle does not have any desire to go back to the UK to attend Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee in September. The Duchess of Sussex, who welcomed her daughter Lilibet in June, is not willing to face the royal family after stepping down in 2020. Royal