Tue, 21-Oct-2025

 Australia announced that it will stop requiring Covid isolation

Australia

Australia has announced that it will stop requiring Covid isolation as of the next month. Starting on October 14, the five-day isolation requirement for those who test positive for the virus will no longer apply. According to official statistics, Australia continues to report 5,500 viral cases every day.  Australia has announced that it will stop … Read more

Britain orders review of fuel market as pump prices surge

Sri Lanka

The study will look into why fuel prices climb quickly but fall slowly. In March, Britain cut fuel duty by 5 pence per litre for a year as part of a 5 billion pound ($6.2 billion) package help motorists cope with cost-of-living squeeze. The government has ordered Britain’s competition watchdog to examine the retail fuel … Read more

Afghan women defiant but feel ‘imprisoned’ by order to cover faces

Taliban

Women in Afghanistan reacted angrily on Sunday when the Taliban issued a decree asking women to cover themselves completely in public, including their faces, or stay home, claiming that the policy would essentially cage them. Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada approved the order on Saturday in a move that threatens to push … Read more

Taliban ask Kabul residents to hand over all govt assets

Taliban

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

Electrocution death case to be registered against CEO K-Electric

Electrocution death case to be registered against CEO K-Electric

A written order has been issued by the Supreme Court on the issue of death of citizens due to load shedding and electrocution in Karachi. According to a written order issued by the Supreme Court, there have been deaths due to electric shocks because of broken wires in Karachi and K-Electric’s explanation regarding the deaths … Read more