Afghanistan
An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying. The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad in th..
Qatar National Library (QNL), in its role as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center (PAC) for Arab countries and the Middle East, organized Monday a workshop titled, "Countering Trafficking of Cultural Property Including Document..
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in northern Pakistan on Saturday after a fast-rising river destroyed a major bridge, as deadly floods cause devastation across the country. Powerful flash floods in the northern province of Khyber Pakht..
An explosion that erupted inside a mosque during evening prayers in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday killed 21 people and injured 33 others, according to a spokesperson for the Kabul police chief. Security forces were investigating the incid..
Next month Nasa will send a new crew into space. And for the first time there will be a Native American woman aboard. Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, will be mission commander - responsible for all ..
HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani wrapped up Thursday a successful tour that included four Asian countries - the Republic of Singapore, Malaysia, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and th..
The State of Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the bombing that targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving deaths and injuries. In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated the State..
Some 71 economists, including Nobel prize winners, ask Washington to return $7 billion to Kabul, saying over half of the poor country's population faces acute food insecurity and three million children are at risk of malnutrition. Several doze..
A Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan has been arrested as the prime suspect in the serial killings of four Muslim men that rattled the Islamic community of New Mexico's largest city, police said on Tuesday. After days bolstering security around..