Afghanistan

Health officials in Helmand province said Sunday that 20 people died in the past 24 hours of cholera and a further 120 have been infected. 

Citing Helmand health officials, Bakhtar News Agency reported the cholera outbreak was reported in Baghran district. 

Mobile health teams have been sent from the provincial capital to the ...

A new dinosaur species, with a large head and tiny arms, was discovered by paleontologists, who have now named the giant carnivorous dinosaur species Meraxes gigas.

According to the researchers& findings, published in Current Biology this week, the new species is similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex).

The findings were obtained over a...

Sri Lanka&s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after protesters stormed both officials& homes and set fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation&s severe economic crisis.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will leave office once a new government is in place, and hours later the speaker of...

Local sources in Nuristan province say that at least nine people died and nine others were injured as a result of floods in the province.

Local sources in Nuristan province said Wama district was worst hit by the floods, which resulted in heavy financial losses in addition to human casualties.

According to the sources, as a result of Saturday...