Post-Coup Myanmar: Unwell Suu Kyi skips trial hearing
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the resumption of her coronavirus-delayed trial in a junta court because she felt ill, her lawyer said yesterday.
Crisis in Afghanistan: Donors pledge over $1b in aid
Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a...
Taliban breaking promises including over women, says UN
The United Nations' human rights chief criticised on Monday the Taliban's record since seizing power in Afghanistan, saying stated commitments did not match realities on the ground such...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi dizzy and drowsy, skips court appearance
Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to appear at a court hearing on Monday for health reasons, a member of her legal team said, describing her condition as dizziness caused by motion...
First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in Kabul
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying a handful of passengers touched down at Kabul airport Monday, the first international commercial flight to land since the Taliban retook power...
UN seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis
The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban...
Lightning strike kills 14 in Pakistan
At least 14 people were killed and another three injured when lightning struck two houses in northwestern Pakistan, officials said yesterday.
Tough rules set for women
Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban’s new higher education minister said yesterday.
We can behead ‘kafirs’ like you
Habibullah Farzad, a Ph.D. scholar of the South Asian University, New Delhi and also a human rights activist, was beaten
Afghan pilots start leaving Uzbekistan for UAE, despite Taliban pressure-source
US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel who fled to Uzbekistan and were held in an Uzbek camp for about a month started departing the country on Sunday, a pilot told Reuters.