Afghanistan

Residents in Helmand say that although the government has launched the second phase of the Kajaki Dam power plant project the water level is too low to generate the expected 150 MW of electricity needed to service Kandahar and Helmand provinces.

This they said was due to the ongoing drought in the area.

Kandahar authorities have said they hope this...

Dozens of internally displaced families have returned to their homes with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that transportation facilities and cash aid has been provided for displaced persons.

&UNHCR will give each displaced family $200 to solve their...

A Syrian cargo ship, sanctioned by the United States and carrying what Ukraine says is stolen barley from the war-torn country, has docked in Lebanon, the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in the Mideast nation said Thursday.

According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut, the cargo vessel Laodicea docked in the port of Tripoli, Lebanon&s...

A germ that causes a rare and sometimes deadly disease — long thought to be confined to tropical climates — has been found in soil and water in the continental United States, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

The bacteria was found on the property of a Mississippi man who had come down with the disease, melioidosis. Officials...