The United Nations said this week that more than 421,000 Afghan refugees live in the worst flood-affected districts in Pakistan.

Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,265 people in Pakistan.

Around 33 million people have been affected by the floods...

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Former US President Donald Trump took aim at his successor Saturday, calling Joe Biden an &enemy of the state.&

&The most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president,& Trump said at a rally in the state of Pennsylvania, Anadolu Agency reported.

&He&s an enemy of the state, if you...

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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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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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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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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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