Afghanistan

An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured over 100 people, the country&s state TV reported Tuesday.

According to local media, a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in Fars province, about 770 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran. 

Firemen were able to...

Herat officials said Monday that in the wake of proper water management this year, Salma Dam has successfully stored 180 million cubic meters of water, which was also delivered to eight districts and more than 120 water canals.

The Director General of the Harirod-Murghab River Basin, Abdul Salam Mustawafi Agha, said that about 85 dams will be built...

The Canadian government on Tuesday will announce an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains and outgoing international travel, CBC News reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources familiar with the matter.

The government, which has faced criticism over ongoing pandemic restrictions, may bring back the vaccine...

According to the order of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the Ulema Council in Takhar province started work on Sunday.

This council is made up of fifteen religious scholars and five elders of the province and its chairman, who have direct contact with the IEA&s Supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada.

The council...