Afghanistan

The US Geological Survey recorded Saturday&s earthquake in eastern Afghanistan as a 4.8-magnitude with its epicenter just east of Kabul in Surobi.

The quake struck at 4pm local time and was felt throughout the Afghan capital.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

This quake follows the deadly 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck...

For the first time since May, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting that the number of daily hospitalizations in the United States due to COVID-19 will increase.

Currently, the seven-day average hospital admission rate in the US is nearly 6,000 people a day as of July 13, up more than 13 percent from last week. The new...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday that it has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to devise a way to regulate the growth of lucrative Twenty20 leagues with rising concerns about its impact on the sport&s calendar.

This comes amid concerns that franchise cricket is likely to dominate the busy international calendar,...

It is not in the interest of the United States for Afghanistan to be a failed state, Washington&s former special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has said.

In a discussion released on Saturday by US-based investment bank and financial services company Goldman Sachs, Khalilzad said that parts of the US deal with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...