distributed by Shiite men at Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on August 13, 2021. WAKIL KOHSAR/ AFP/ Getty ImagesU

Zarifa Ghafari, former mayor of Maidan Shahr and an Afghan women's rights activist, speaks during

2020.... The statue was unveiled in the central city of Shahr Kord located west of Isfahan. Standing over six

Join our Whatsapp channel TEHRAN: At least seven people were killed in a gas leak at a coal mine in the northern Iranian province of Semnan, east of the capital Tehran, Iranian media reported on Monday. The incident occurred in the province’s city of Damghan but the reason behind the gas leak is unclear, Mehr news agency said. The bodies of seven people have been retrieved from the mine, the news agency said, adding that the death toll could rise as reports indicated others were still trapped in

Police fired tear gas and warning shots, it said. Footage on social media showed people running for cover.... Screams of" Don't shoot, don't shoot" and the sound of gunfire could be heard.... As during earlier protests over food price rises, residents have reported disrupted internet services, an apparent attempt to stop the use of social media to organise rallies and disseminate videos....

Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, take refuge in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug.... Families described on Tuesday bombardment, gunfire and airstrikes pounding their neighborhoods in multiple parts of the north, with civilians caught in the crossfire.... Such atrocities have fueled alarm over a potential Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as the insurgents accelerate their advanc

Almost half Iran’s 82 million population are now below the poverty line. The government plans to offer digital coupons in the next couple of months for limited amounts of bread at subsidised prices.... The rest will be offered at market rates.... Wheat prices have drastically increased globally since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, adding to the cost of subsidies in Iran. Iranian officials have also blamed the price hikes on the smuggling of subsidised bread into neig

The Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) on Friday released the second list of 30 candidates for the upcoming Punjab assembly elections. Earlier in November, AAP had announced a list of 10 candidates for the upcoming polls. MORE FROM THIS SECTION See All Premium Premium Karnataka MLC polls on Friday, 90 candidates in the fray Premium Premium Chief of defence staff Rawat killed in chopper crash Premium Premium All？... Jagroop Singh Sekhwan has been given a ticket from Qadian.... The Shiromani Akali Dal( SAD)

DUBAI( Reuters)-Iranian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in several provinces on Thursday, according to posts on social media, as protests triggered by rising food prices continued to spread.... The protests quickly turned political, with crowds calling for an end to the Islamic Republic, echoing unrest in 2019 which began over fuel prices hike. Social media footage not verified by Reuters showed at least six people killed and dozens injured

The suicide bombing ripped right into the jostling throng Thursday afternoon, piling an adjacent sewage canal with corpses.... Taliban fighters with Kalashnikov rifles kept people farther away from the airport’s entrance gates, guarding checkpoints with trucks and at least one Humvee. Flights to evacuate people already within the airport resumed soon after the bombing.... But the bombing brought changes in the Taliban’s methods, in particular, on Friday....