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AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe in the 5th and final ODI in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday in a thrilling match by 2 wickets with 2 balls remaining. Zimbabwe batted first and scored 248 in 49.5 overs setting a target of 249 for the Afghan cricketers. Afghan hero and Man of the Match Gulbadin Naib was there ...

MOROCCO: Performing royal duties as a 12-year-old must be tough and a video circulating online of Morocco’s young prince proves exactly that. Dressed in a suit and tie the Crown Prince of Morocco Moulay Hassan looks ready to take on his royal engagements but only till people lean forward to kiss his hand. The 12-year-old can be seen in footage ...

LIBYA: A truck rigged with explosives crashed into a police training camp in Zliten, Libya, on Thursday, killing dozens and injuring up to 200, according to various sources. At least 65 people were killed, Reuters reported citing hospital sources. Civilians were among the casualties who were transferred to a hospital in nearby Misrata, witnesses told Reuters. At least 60 policemen ...

YEMEN: Iran has accused Saudi warplanes of attacking the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Some guards were reportedly wounded in the attack, according to state news channel IRIB. Acknowledging that heavy airstrikes took place in Sana’a on Wednesday night, a Saudi-led coalition spokesperson said the operation targeted Houthi missile launchers. It comes as Iran bans the import of all ...

ISLAMABAD: New research seems to contradict the idea that people might escape the health hazards associated with obesity if they’re fat but fit. The new study suggests that the health benefits of physical fitness are offset by obesity. No matter their fitness level normal weight men had a lower risk of dying during the study than did the most physically ...

AFGHANISTAN: Leadership council of Taliban, which is also known as Quetta Shura, was reportedly comprised of Pashtoons only but the group has now included members of Tajik, Uzbek and Turkmen tribes into it. According to Pakistan’s The Express Tribune news agency, a news source of Taliban, the new leader of Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has almost completed re-organisation of ...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has taken notice of children’s deaths in Tharparkar and directed concerned Sindh provincial ministers to visit the district. One more child died due to malnutrition in Mithi Civil Hospital, raising the death toll to 17 over the past one week. Currently at least 46 children are being provided treatment at malnutrition ward ...

AFGHANISTAN: 18 militants belonging to Daesh group have been killed and a number of others wounded in a clash with Taliban in eastern Nangarhar province Spokesperson for the police headquarters of Nangarhar told media that the clash erupted in Farm-e-Chahar area of Bati Kot District on Wednesday. According to Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, those killed include the group’s so-called military commander ...

ISLAMABAD: A man has been arrested for protesting against Saudi Arabia and trespassing inside the Diplomatic Enclave, police said on Wednesday. The suspect was later produced in court and was sent to jail on a judicial remand. Earlier, various gatherings of a few dozen people assembled in front of the Diplomatic Enclave near Shams Gate, police said. They added that ...

The emergence of the Islamic State group in the Middle East, and its affiliate group in Afghanistan, change many things, among them, speeded a change of the world’s perception to the Taliban insurgent group in Afghanistan. Last month, a senior Russian official said that the country was sharing information with the Taliban as the group is fighting the Islamic State ...