Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency meeting on Monday to review the flood...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) supreme leader issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the education minister.

IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid released the list of changes, saying they were made by order of their supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Educat...

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Hafiz Mohammad Sediq Seddiqi, the head of procurement of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said on Tuesday that a company owned by an Afghan woman won the tender to supply coal to central police departments.

According to Seddiqi, Nawobahar Afzali Company, which is owned by Dr. Aziza Afzali, bid for the tender and won it in a fair and transparent...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will only give up his &imperial ambitions& that risk destroying Ukraine and Russia if he recognizes he cannot win the war, Reuters quoting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday.

&This is why we will not accept any peace dictated by Russia and this is why Ukraine must be able to fend off...

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Afghanistan&s foreign ministry said Wednesday a joint working team will be established with Turkey and that a high-level delegation from Ankara will visit Kabul to discuss investment and trade opportunities.

According to a statement issued by the ministry, a virtual meeting was held on Wednesday morning with their Turkish counterparts.

The...

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The James Webb telescope has captured its first images and spectra of the Red Planet, according to NASA, which is collaborating with scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on the James Webb project.

Webb, which launched in December 2021 and is located roughly 1.6 million kilometers away from Earth, was able to...

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