KABUL, Afghanistan - A total of 2,178 prisoners were released before Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals for Muslims, the Afghan Supreme Court said Thursday on its twitter page. Â Â Â The prisoners were freed based on the decree of the caretaker government's supreme leader...
BAMYAN, Afghanistan -- At least four commuters were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province on Thursday, a statement of the provincial police said. Â Â Â The deadly accident occurred early Thursday morning in the Band-e-Amir district of the...
LOS ANGELES, - More than 1,100 residents in the desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire, authorities said on Wednesday. The wildfire, dubbed Diamond Fire, started Tuesday afternoon near Scottsdale, a city in the Phoenix metropolitan area,...
NEW YORK, United States -- Millions of people across the United States woke up to severe weather on Wednesday, with parts of the country smothered by smoke from Canadian wildfires, while others face stifling heat and severe storms. SMOTHERED BY SMOKE -- A pedestrian wearing a face...
This June 22, 2023, satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows the Horizon Arctic (top), Deep Energy (C) and Skandi Vinland searching on June 22, 2023, for the missing Titan submersible. The operator of the submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic said on June 22, 2023, it...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger -- and she's thrilled. South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of...
CANBERRA, Australia -- A pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash at a cattle station in Australia's Outback. Â Â Â The Robinson R22 helicopter crashed during a routine mustering operation on Limbunya Station about 1,000 km south of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory (NT),...
TAIPEI, Taiwan --Â Taiwan sighted two Russian frigates sailing off its eastern coast on Tuesday and deployed surveillance ships and aircraft to monitor their movements, the island's Ministry of National Defense said. A warship and a helicopter from the Russian navy are pictured after a joint...
Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2020 shows the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- UN Humanitarians reported on Tuesday that they have received only 20 percent of the US$54.8 billion needed to aid people globally this year. "These funding gaps have real...
SANTIAGO, Chile  -- As many as 15 passengers were injured Tuesday after their bus overturned on a highway in southern Chile in the same area where nine people were killed in a traffic accident over the weekend amid heavy rains. The bus carrying 50 passengers overturned at the "Bobadilla"...
  ISTANBUL - Türkiye is trying to solve the critical water shortage in the northwestern province of Bursa with new dam projects, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. The authorities expect to tackle the water shortage by 2060 by building two new dams within two to three...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The United States is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health systems are still reliant on "old fax machines," said outgoing director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky in an article published on...
