KATHMANDU: After being reinstated by the nation’s Supreme Court, Nepal’s parliament began a session on Sunday that will likely determine the future of the prime minister and the government. The split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party has left Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli without the majority of votes in parliament required for him to continue in office. Oli so …

KABUL: The former head of women police in a southern Afghanistan province was seriously wounded and her husband also a police officer was killed on Sunday in an attack by unidentified gunmen, provincial officials said. Omer Zwak, spokesman for Helmand’s provincial gov­ernor, said unidentified gunmen opened fire on the couple in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. The attack came amid …

Actor Nadia Jamil, who has through social media shared her journey of being diagnosed with breast cancer and fighting it, has words of encouragement for her fans and followers as she narrates tales of being bullied and how she overcame her insecurities during the process. Taking to social media, the Behadd actor motivated her Instagram followers to embrace their baldness and recognise their beauty. …

Insilico Medicine, a Chinese investors-backed company that uses artificial intelligence to develop new drugs, said that its chemical compound candidate is likely to enter into clinical trials by the end of this year, according to its top executives. “We expect our chemical compound candidate to start its first clinic trial by the end of the end before the second and …

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has proposed a UN-led peace conference to form an “inclusive government” in Afghanistan with the Taliban. According to New York Times, Mr Blinken said in his proposal that the conference would aim to establish a three-month period of “reduction in violence” that would lead to a ceasefire. The proposal was made by Mr Blinken …

DUBAI: A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. The flight by the two heavy bombers came as a pro-Iran satellite channel based in Beirut broadcast Iranian military drone footage of an Israeli ship hit by a mysterious explosion only …

TEHRAN: A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although she faces a new trial and cannot yet return home to London. The twists and turns of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s years-long case have sparked international outrage and strained already fraught diplomatic ties between Britain and …

GENEVA: Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full face coverings in public places — a decision hailed by supporters as a move against radical Islam, but branded sexist and racist by opponents. Official results showed that 51.21 percent of voters, and a majority of federal Switzerland’s cantons, supported the proposal. Some 1,426,992 voters were in favour of …

SRINAGAR: Authorities in Occupied Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding centre, police said on Sunday, in a process they say is meant for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the disputed region. The move began on Saturday following a directive from the disputed region’s home department to identify Rohingya living in the …

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the international community to work together to prevent criminals from making and distributing false Covid-19 vaccines and other fake medical products. “In the context of Covid-19, there is a need for effective action against falsified and fake medical products — such as Covid-19 vaccines — and to strengthen international cooperation in this regard,” said Munir …