KABUL: The Taliban military chief on Saturday ordered Taliban members to avoid aerial gun firing after two people were killed and 10 wounded on Friday night in Kabul, a Taliban media official confirmed. Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, military chief of Taliban movement, have instructed all provincial governors and police chiefs to strictly control and avoid aerial … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the violent attack that happened at New Lynn supermarket in Auckland at 2:40pm local time Friday was a “terrorist attack” carried out by an “extremist.” “A violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack on innocent New Zealanders at a New Lynn Countdown in Auckland,” she told a press … Read more
BEIJING: Beijing on Monday banned written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of sweeping education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in China’s hyper-competitive school system. China’s exam-oriented system previously required students to take exams from first grade onwards, culminating in the feared university entrance exam at age 18 known as … Read more
NEW YORK: The number of Covid-19 pandemic related hospitalisations in the United States reached above 100,000 last week for the second time, overwhelming caregivers capacity in several states and spawning an urgency to vaccinate more of the eligible. “Keeping ahead of demand is harder now than during earlier surges,” reported The Washington Post on Sunday … Read more
KABUL: The Taliban has called upon Kabul residents to hand over government vehicles, arms and ammunition if those assets have been left with them, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. All those living in Kabul are informed “to return all government assets including vehicles, arms and ammunition or any other things,” Mujahid said in his … Read more
BEIJING: Over 2.01 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Friday, data from the National Health Commission showed Saturday. Day earlier, a health official said the latest Covid-19 outbreak in China has been controlled. The number of locally-transmitted cases has been declining for 11 consecutive days across the country, Mi … Read more
WASHINGTON: Half of the total US population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the data updated Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its website. As of Friday, 50 per cent of the US population – more than 165.9 million people – had been fully vaccinated against the virus. … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan is at a dangerous turning point as the war has entered a new phase, said Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, on Friday. “Afghanistan is now at a dangerous turning point. Ahead lies either a genuine peace negotiation or a tragically intertwined set of crises: an increasingly brutal … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: British UN ambassador Barbara Woodward said that her country briefed the Security Council on the evidence it has about the attack against an oil tanker off the coast of Oman last week, which she said points to Iran. “That evidence is clear-cut. The UK knows that Iran was responsible for this attack. We … Read more
Lebanese PM urges UN to stop Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty BEIRUT: Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab urged on Friday the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to stop its violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty, al-Jadeed TV channel reported. “Israel’s attacks against Lebanese territories constitute a clear violation of the UN Security Council Resolution … Read more
After the July 2 incident of ransomware attack, the affected US software firm Kaseya has able to get access to the universal decryption key to catch REvil ransomware attack that targeted its managed service provider customers, worldwide. The company late Friday has announced finding of the decryption tool some 20 days after the attack as … Read more
