KABUL, JUNE 22 An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people, authorities said. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province, but it comes as the international community largely has left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year amid the chaotic withdrawal of the […]

SINGAPORE, JUNE 21 Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday, the first such case reported in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak of the viral disease. The patient, who tested positive on June 20, is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant and had

Moscow: The Nobel Peace Prize, owned by Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta, has been sold in the United States. The medal was sold at auction for  103.5 million. Prior to the auction, Muratov said all proceeds would go to UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Russia, Germany, Moldova, Slovenia, the

KYIV, June 20 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to back his country’s bid to join the bloc and Russia presses its campaign to win control of east Ukraine. “Obviously, this week we should expect from Russia an intensification of its hostile activities,”