Death tolls across parts of central Asia have risen sharply as unusually extreme weather has continued to slam the region in recent days, with the combined tolls across hard-hit Pakistan and Afghanistan rose to at least 135 on Wednesday, officials said. About 70 people have been killed in the last five days by heavy rains … Read more
Lightning and heavy rains killed at least 49 people across Pakistan over three days, officials said, as authorities in the country’s southwest declared a state of emergency. Some deaths occurred when lightning struck farmers harvesting wheat. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and in eastern Punjab province. Landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi … Read more
Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say. At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, according to the government’s disaster management department. “From Friday onwards, because of the rains there were flash floods which … Read more
Both bombing were carried out using second-hand Japanese cars – a Honda Accord in 2021 and a Suzuki Vitz last month – driven over the border from Afghanistan. Using a SIM card recovered from the site of the attack on March 26, police traced the suicide bomber’s movements from Khost city in eastern Afghanistan to … Read more
Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region soared to $65 billion due to natural disasters, mainly fueled by floods in China and droughts in India, as reported by insurance company Aon. Hadynyah | E+ | Getty Images Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region due to natural disasters soared to $65 billion in 2023, mainly … Read more
Indian men’s football team coach Igor Stimac (Credit: X) India played two World Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan recently with the away tie resulting in a draw, and the home leg ending in India gong 1-2 down to the lower ranked team. The AIFF President and its members took note of certain comments made by India … Read more
By Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication … Read more
Terming the CAA as “controversial”, Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was “deeply concerned” about the legislation’s ramifications on Indian Muslims, especially when the law is being pushed during the holy month of Ramadan. Senator Ben Cardin noted that India-US ties are based on shared values which envisage … Read more
Afghan rider Sarwar Pahlawan blinked away pain from the new stitches between his eyes as his buzkashi team chased tournament victory. The ancient sport is still steeped in risk but now offers modern-day rewards. Played for centuries on the country’s northern steppe, the national sport, sitting at the heart of Afghan identity, has evolved from … Read more
Nearly 40 people injured after a bus collided with an oil tanker on a highway in Helmand province, officials said. At least 21 people have been killed and 38 others injured after a bus collided with an oil tanker in the Gerashk district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, officials said. The crash on the Kandahar-Herat highway … Read more
