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Paternal grandmother of U.S. President Barack Obama attended an exhibition detailing the life of the Prophet Mohammad at the end of a pilgrimage in the Saudi city of Makkah, local media reported Wednesday. Sara Omar, who is in her 90s, arrived in Makkah – considered in Islam to be the …

A clean-up operation has begun in New South Wales in the wake of violent storms that battered the Australian state. Police have confirmed the deaths of four people. Three were killed in Dungog, where homes have been washed away by flooding. An 86-year-old woman died in the Central Hunter region …

The US has accused Russia of deploying more air defence systems in eastern Ukraine in breach of a ceasefire deal. The state department also said Russia was involved in training separatist forces in the area and building up its forces along the border. The Kremlin has not yet responded to …

EU leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says draft proposals include a push for a military mandate to destroy boats used by people traffickers. More than 800 people …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai who is visiting Germany has been invited to attend a symposium as a chief guest in 2016. Karzai during his trip visited Bochum and Iserlohn cities of Germany and signed golden books there. According to a press statement issued by his office on Wednesday, Karzai …

AT-KABUL: Infuriated by change in Gawadar-Kashgar corridor map, Pashtun nationalist leaders said that Punjab and China has signed some agreements that deprive Pasthuns and Balochs of their rights. Chinese President Xi Jinping during his recent visit to Islamabad announced projects worth $28 billion in Pakistan. The projects are part of …

President’s special envoy for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, directed officials concerned to recover the grabbed state-land, right away. He said Wednesday that grabbing of state-land continued in the past decade as no institution could stem the tide. Massoud vowed the government will support efforts of the justice …

By Mansoor Faizy: As soon as China announced an investment worth $46 billion in Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have successfully test fired its first indigenously developed missile name as “Omar-1”.  To substantiate their claim the TTP group which is currently at war with Pakistani troops in the volatile …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a delegation to probe allegations that the National Security Council (NSC) has distributed $200,000 among families of Daesh fighters. Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednesday said that President Ghani has appointed a special team to probe the …

AT-KABUL: The International Earth Day was observed in the capital city on Wednesday with minimal representation of the government departments and media outlets. The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) and Ministry of Urban Development were standing apart from others in this regard as they marked the day at Baghe-e Babar …