Air pollution killed 500k newborn babies in 2019
Air pollution killed 476,000 newborn babies in 2019, with the biggest hotspots in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, revealed by a global study which said...
World Teachers’ Day being observed today
World Teachers' Day 2020 is being observed throughout the Pakistan and the world on Monday. The theme for World Teachers' Day 2020 is “Teachers: Leading...
UN Chief calls for further debt relief for developing countries amid...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for further debt relief for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. In a joint press...
FM urges UNGA to declare ‘Int’l Day to Combat Islamophobia’
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the United Nations General Assembly to declare an "International Day to Combat Islamophobia" and build a resilient...
FM assures Pakistan’s complete support to Afghan peace process
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi assured Pakistan's complete support to the Afghan peace process. Addressing a conference at Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on...
PM to address Financing for Development summit today
Imran Khan will address the Financing for Development summit today on the sidelines of UN General Assembly Session. This high-level event will be held virtually...
Saudi Arabia to re-allow umrah pilgrimage from October 4
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will allow pilgrims residing inside the country to undertake the umrah pilgrimage beginning on Oct. 4, after a seven-month...
World observing International Day of Peace today
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21st September. As the world is observing International Day of Peace today...
Zalmay Khalilzad arrives in Islamabad on important visit
ISLAMABAD (Khyber News) – United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Islamabad on Monday to hold talks Pakistan officials...
New Zealand lifts Auckland virus lockdown
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Schools across Auckland reopened Monday as New Zealand’s largest city emerged from lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressing confidence a...
Afghanistan
Three female media workers shot to death in Afghanistan
Three female Journalists were shot and killed in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, their TV network said, in what appeared to...
Eight dead, 31 injured as barrage of rocket fire hits Afghanistan capital Kabul
At least eight people were killed and 31 wounded Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, officials said, marking...
Thousands of Afghan refugee families benefit from emergency cash assistance
PESHAWAR: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has provided emergency cash assistance to over 50,000 vulnerable Afghan refugee families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Terrorists storm Kabul University, Killing at Least 25
At least 25 people were killed and 22 other wounded when gunmen stormed Kabul University in a 6-hours-long assault that witnessed students left in...
