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Blast at Chinese restaurant in Kabul kills 7
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» KABUL - A blast at a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded more than a dozen others, emergency services said.
Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout
AFP, Published on 10/01/2021
» ISLAMABAD: Power was gradually being restored to major cities across Pakistan Sunday after it was hit by a massive electricity blackout, officials said.
Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout
AFP, Published on 10/01/2021
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was hit by a massive power blackout early Sunday, officials said, with much of the country, including all major cities, plunged into darkness.
Partial virus lockdown in Madrid as US deaths near 200,000
AFP, Published on 21/09/2020
» MADRID: A million people in and around the Spanish capital on Monday were under new "stay-at-home" orders to contain another coronavirus surge, as the US death toll neared 200,000.
Taj Mahal reopens even as India coronavirus cases soar
AFP, Published on 21/09/2020
» AGRA, India: The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors on Monday in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections.
Stranded by virus lockdown, India migrant workers walk home
AFP, Published on 28/03/2020
» NEW DELHI - With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry.
Kashmir families demand answers for 'unaccounted for' deaths
AFP, Published on 21/08/2019
» SRINAGAR, India: Rafiq Shagu's wife died shortly after Friday prayers in India's Muslim-majority Kashmir when tear gas smashed through a window in their home and filled the room.
Chinese hunger for durian threatens Malaysian forests
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» RAUB, Malaysia: Soaring demand for durians in China is being blamed for a new wave of deforestation in Malaysia with environmentalists warning vast amounts of jungle is being cleared to make way for massive plantations of the spiky, pungent fruit.
Chewing the fat with Pakistan's BBQ masters
AFP, Published on 03/01/2019
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - The sweet aroma of mutton smoke drifts through a maze of crumbling alleyways, a barbecue tang that for decades has lured meat-eaters from across Pakistan to the frontier city of Peshawar.