Tag: Western

Islamabad: A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, opening fire and killing six people as they were praying, a Taliban official said Tuesday.Local media reports and a former president of Afghanistan said the mosque was targeted because it was a place of worship for the country's Shiite Muslim ...

ISLAMABAD  —  Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday that an overnight attack on a Shiite mosque in a western region bordering Iran had killed at least six people, including a child. An Interior Ministry spokesman reported that an “unknown armed person” stormed the mosque in the Guzara district in ...

Isolated light to moderate rainfall is likely over parts of Northeast India including Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday, according to a forecast released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD said that the weather over Northeast India is under the influence of a cyclonic ...

A fresh spell of rainfall and thunderstorm activity is likely over the Western Himalayan region and adjoining plains of northwest India during March 26 to 29 with peak activity on March 28 and 29, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned. A farmer sprays pesticides in an orchard on a ...

Periwigged and powdered in the prescribed Georgian fashion, Sophia Plowden is an unlikely figure in the story of 18th-century Hindustani music. She was an amateur harpsichordist, the wife of an East India Company sahib and the mother of 10. But with the aid of her collaborators, the star courtesans ...

France has just made abortion, already legal, a constitutional right – a sign of the country’s morbid drive to self-destruction By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author ...

Last Updated: February 23, 2024, 16:22 ISTRain and snow is predicted in higher hills of Himachal Pradesh from February 24 to 28. (Representative Image/PTI)Stay informed about the weather forecast for northern India till February 27. Alerts for rain/snowfall, thunderstorms, and temperature updatesThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted ...

The United Nations has reported that over $400 million is required to aid western Afghanistan's recovery after a severe earthquake last October.The earthquake devastated villages in Herat province, leaving thousands injured and homeless.The report said recovery strategies should prioritize restoring access to basic services and building earthquake-safe housing.More than ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild after a devastating earthquake last October that killed around 2,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday. The magnitude 6.3 quake on Oct. 7, one of the most destructive in the country’s recent history, ...

New Delhi, Feb 3: After the wet weather, induced by a western disturbance, prevailed across North India over the last few days, another western disturbance is set to alter weather conditions in the mountain regions this weekend, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Scientist Naresh said.“Another Western Disturbance will start affecting ...