It would be a totally different situation had Karim Janat taken Danushka Gunathilaka&s catch, Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi said after the team&s four-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in a Super Four match in the Asia Cup 2022 in Sharjah on Saturday.

Speaking at a press conference following the match, Nabi admitted that Afghanistan posted...

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Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.

The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days after city authorities said rumours about a lockdown were based on a...

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Thousands of people attended the funeral Saturday of a popular Herat Imam, Mawlavi Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Ansari, who was killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque on Friday.

Mawlavi Ansari was killed along with 19 others at the Guzargah Mosque, officials said.

Mawlavi Fazil Rahman Ansari, the deceased&s brother, has replaced Mawlavi Mujeeb-ur-Rahman...

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The US government next month will halt & with a few exceptions & the temporary relocation of Afghans to the United States and instead focus on reuniting immediate family members with pathways to permanent residence, Reuters reported citing a senior US official.

The policy revision follows criticism by some lawmakers, refugee...

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Gunmen kidnapped dozens of worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at a mosque in Nigeria&s northwestern state of Zamfara, Reuters reported.

Mohammed Shehu, Zamfara police spokesman said an unknown number of worshippers had been abducted from Jumu&at central mosque in Zugu town, Bukkuyum local government area.

Zugu is 170 km west...

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The devastating floods in Pakistan will place huge strains on efforts to get food into neighboring Afghanistan to relieve its catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the United Nations warned on Friday.

The UN&s World Food Programme said much of the food aid transited through Pakistan by road — a network that has been severely affected by the...

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