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Top UN human rights official deplores death in custody of Father Stan who campaigned for rights of tribal people

Lavrov will hold virtual talks with his ASEAN counterparts, during the visit to Jakarta

Iran has criticised the Gulf Arab states' close ties with Tehran's long-term foe Washington

Big debt and low income in the countryside will hold back any economic recovery

Insists his troops can hold the base from the Taliban, and that he has "quite enough" soldiers

India has officially reported 403,281 deaths out of 29.75 million people who have contracted the virus

Saleem has bid farewell to the entertainment industry but will remain in touch with it.

Aircraft was en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana

Exodus of troops followed another weekend of fighting across much of the northern countryside

The pope underwent a left hemicolectomy, a procedure in which one side of the colon is removed

Spokesperson Zabihullah says peace talks will be accelerated in the coming days

The leaders of the three countries talked over the phone for over an hour

Oxygen producers had been told to allocate their stocks to the medical sector

The United States accuses Iran-backed militia groups of launching regular rocket attacks against its troops in Iraq

The crossings underscore a rapidly deteriorating situation in country as foreign troops near a complete withdrawal

Country is battling one of Asia's worst COVID-19 epidemics

The official death toll in the seaside city of Atami, southwest of Tokyo, stands at three

NSA Hamdullah Mohib says that government forces had not expected the Taliban offensive

Says constantly planning for contingencies; will adjust presence to address security challenges

Arrivals from green list destinations will only take PCR tests on arrival and on days 6 and 12

South Asian nation records 153 deaths, 8,660 cases over past 24 hours; 2,100 arrested for violating health guidelines

Sprawling military facility vacated by US amid effort for complete withdrawal from Afghanistan

It is also the first time since 2008 that Chinese astronauts have come out of their craft in space

Twenty-nine bodies were retrieved, 50 people had been taken to hospital, leaving 17 unaccounted for

The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19

Pakistani president's daughter watched a movie here in 1972, during the meetings of Shimla agreement, recalls manager

Embassy terms reports factually incorrect; says consular sections temporarily closed due to Covid

As dominos topple and Afghan Taliban seize district after district, Ghani govt again looks for a way to blame Pakistan

Airline says decision taken in light of travel ban imposed by UAE government over Covid concerns

South Africa hit a record of 26,000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday

Over the past decade and a half, social media platforms have been instrumental in empowering public discourse

The insurgents have pressed on with their campaign to capture territories

Pope personally gave the required approval last week for Becciu to be indicted

Analysts dismiss ‘choreographed quadcopter attack’ in IIOJK as an attempt by India to achieve several strategic goals

Fire-fighting planes depart from Greece to battle the fire, Italy also planning to deploy aerial fire-fighters

How Isabel Allende’s contributions have played a role in underlining some important moments in history

The judge will investigate 2016 multi-billion-dollar sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on 'corruption' suspicions

Violence has been raging throughout Afghanistan since President Biden announced troops withdrawal by September 11

Supplies reach South Asian nation of 165M people, ending acute shortage of vaccines

Iran, with a population of 83 million, has recorded 84,627 deaths from coronavirus, the highest toll in Middle East

All residents of Crestview Towers were told to leave immediately after engineers found serious problems

Health minister warns of 'catastrophic wave' of pandemic amid grim shortages of medical oxygen, vaccines

Saudi citizens and residents returning from these countries will be required to quarantine for 14 days

India's homegrown vaccine also showed an effectiveness of 77.8%

The quiet departure from Bagram Air Base brings an effective end to the longest war in US history

Sydney is halfway through a two-week lockdown

Both sides discuss progress on the Trans-Afghan railway project between Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan

American forces hand over Bagram Airfield to Afghan govt

Some troops will remain in September as part of a ‘rational drawdown with our allies’, says American president

Screenings in schools had previously only been recommended if a cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified