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Kabul: An official of the Afghanistan Health department said Friday that at least 95 Afghans have been killed in Thursday’s suicide bombing attacks outside the international airport here. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media....

Kabul: US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced themselves for more attacks Friday. The situation here is tense after twin Kabul airport blasts killed scores of civilians and 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport. The Taliban also...

Kabul: Twin blasts outside the airport here Thursday evening left at least 40 dead, including children and more than a 100 injured, officials said. Among the dead are US Marines and Taliban fighters also. The Taliban and other western nations were quick to condemn the...

Kabul: Twin suicide bombings struck Thursday outside Kabul's airport, where large crowds of people trying to flee Afghanistan have massed, killing at least 13 people, Russian officials said. Western nations had warned earlier in the day of a possible attack at the airport in the...

New Delhi: The Centre has approved all nine names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium, including three women judges, for the appointment as judges to the top court. According to sources familiar with the development, the names have been sent to the President for approval....

Lagos: At least 35 people were killed in an armed attack in Nigeria's state of Plateau, a police source said. A police source told Xinhua news agency Wednesday that the attack took place in the Yelwa Zangam village. Simon Lalong, governor of the Plateau state,...

New Delhi:  The West Bengal  government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that its two-member panel headed by former apex court judge MB Lokur will not proceed with the inquiry into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter till the pleas pending here have been heard. A bench...

New Delhi: The West Bengal government Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the two-member commission of inquiry headed by retired Supreme Court judge, justice Madan B. Lokur, to probe the Pegasus snooping allegations, would not proceed till the top court hears the batch of petitions...

New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India's National Regulatory Authority, has approved Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited's work on the country's first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine for its clinical data of the phase-1 study. "Vaccine Subject Expert Committee (SEC) reviewed the interim phase-1 data and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has been informed that a total of 121 cases are pending trial against sitting and former MPs/MLAs in special CBI courts across the country, and as many as 58 of them are punishable with life imprisonment. However, in over a...