Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan in the past three days, disaster officials said on Saturday, with a major road and power also cut in several provinces. The deaths occurred mainly in central and northern provinces between Wednesday and Friday, according to a map released by Afghanistan’s disaster management authority (ANDMA). The “initial figures of casualties and destruction” also include 110 injured people and 458 houses that were either partially or fully destroyed, ANDMA said on social media platform X. A total of 360 families were affected, said a spokesman who asked people in a video message to avoid unnecessary travel on snowy roads. The spokesman also told AFP that most of the casualties were caused by roof collapses and avalanches, while many also died from frostbite in sub-zero temperatures. The emergency department in the southern province of Kandahar said six children were killed when the roof of their home collapsed in strong wind and heavy rain on Wednesday. Houses were a...
Tehran's warning comes amid domestic unrest and international pressure, signaling both deterrence and internal posturing. 'If the Americans violate Iran's sovereignty … we will respond,' said a senior Iranian official, underscoring Iran's readiness to counter U.S. military movements in the Gulf
Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский сообщил о первых результатах переговоров между украинской, российской и американской делегациями в ОАЭ. Глава государства добавил, что главным вопросом обсуждений были "параметры завершения войны".
Vicepremierul Oana Gheorghiu a declarat sâmbătă că nu se consideră „nici bolojenistă, nici nicușoristă”, dar îl respectă pe premierul Ilie Bolojan pentru curajul de a lua măsuri dificile și nepopulare, menite să repare problemele lăsate de alții.
A sessions court on Saturday sentenced lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her spouse, Hadi Ali Chattha, to a total of 17 years in prison on multiple charges in a case about controversial social media posts, a day after they were arrested in Islamabad. According to the written order, Imaan “consistently disseminated highly offensive, misleading and anti-state contents on social media”, with the “active connivance” of Hadi. The order also observed that Imaan’s tweets made between 2021 and 2025 from “portrayed the agenda” of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Lawyers, activists and politicians expressed their outrage over the sentencing. Here are some of the reactions. ‘Completely illegal’ Digital rights expert and activist Usama Khilji said, “Completely illegal, unconstitutional and baseless order without any roots in due process, especially as the transfer application is pending in the high court.” He said that the sentencing of human rights lawyers for “tweets...
Crypto's IPO market is back, but the companies leading the charge aren't the ones most exposed to token volatility. BitGo priced its initial public offering on Jan. 21 at $18 per share, raising $212.8 million and valuing the custody platform at $2.08 billion. Shares opened the next day at $22.43, a 24.6% jump that pushed […] The post New explosive IPO surge proves smart money has abandoned high-risk tokens for this specific safe haven appeared first on CryptoSlate.
As of now, following Russia's overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital on January 24, the most difficult situation with heating, water supply, and electricity is reported in the Troieshchyna neighborhood, where about 600 buildings remain without all of these services.
Министерство войны Соединенных Штатов Америки обновило “Стратегию национальной обороны", в которой Вашингтон существенно пересматривает внешнеполитические и военные приоритеты. Изменения, в частности, коснулись подхода к сдерживанию Китая, а также России в контексте войны против Украины.
Fifteen homes in one neighborhood of the village of Sinjil have already been abandoned due to settler violence, and those who remain have shut themselves behind fences and gates
В течение 23 января российская армия осуществила почти 90 атак по Никопольскому району Днепропетровской области.О последствиях обстрелов сообщили в Никопольском Подробнее
Ethereum Foundation elevates quantum resistance to top strategic priority with a $2 million Post Quantum team, launching prize competitions and multi-client development networks as industry experts warn quantum threats could materialize within years rather than decades. The post Ethereum Launches $2M Quantum Defense Team as Threat Timeline Accelerates appeared first on Cryptonews.