Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers. Gunmen shot Toofan Omar, the station manager of Paktia Ghag radio and an officer for NAI, a rights group supporting independent media in Afghanistan, in …

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Afridi has urged the world bodies, including the United Nations and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to act immediately to help save the suffering humanity in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) before it is too late. “I fear there will be no Kashmir to save in two years’ time, …

GUJRAT: At least nine passengers were burnt to death and seven others received critical burns when their van caught fire after a collision with a milk tanker at Shahkot Mor near Rahwali Cantt of Gujranwala on Sunday. Gujranwala Assistant Commissioner Shabeer Butt told Dawn the van, having 16 passengers, was going to Lahore from Rawalpindi. He said the van driver had reduced …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the world’s biggest Miyawaki urban forest in Lahore on Monday (today) under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project. The forest has been developed on over 100 kanals having a total of 165,000 plants that will grow 10 times quicker than in a normal forest owing to the unique Miyawaki technique. It uses specialised …

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Sunday lifted the week-long lockdown, relaxing the coronavirus restrictions from Monday (today) till Aug 31 in the province. As per the new set of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), all business activities would continue till 8pm. However, the restriction will not apply to pharmacies, petrol pumps, grocery shops and fish, meat, chicken, vegetable and fruit …

Politics in Austin are akin to the bitter federal game played in Washington. Partisan, red meat bills have created tension in the Legislature for years as Republicans, secure that they are acting on behalf of their conservative constituents, have pushed through a no-compromise agenda.   Featured on Dallas News FEATURED ON DALLAS NEWS Texas Senate committee advances trans sports ban …

Deputies arrived at the home in the 6000 block of Midway Road, not far from State Highway 199, after the woman’s family members requested a welfare check. The sheriff’s office did not release the woman’s name or age. The Texas Rangers will be leading the investigation, the sheriff’s office said. Officials did not release additional information. “This case is currently …

AUSTIN — With the House unable to conduct business without a quorum and amid a spike in COVID-19 cases linked to the delta variant, a Texas Senate committee moved forward with hearings Sunday and advanced two bills prioritized by Gov. Greg Abbott in the second special session that began Saturday. The Texas House did not have a quorum Saturday because …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help to find a man who is suspected of shooting someone last month near a downtown DART rail station. The suspect was wearing a backpack, dark-colored pants, a light-colored shirt and a baseball cap.(Dallas Police Department) Investigators released photos Sunday of the suspect, who they said opened fire July 19 on a man …

A person was fatally shot Saturday night at a downtown homeless encampment and the shooter remains at large, Dallas police say. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded about 10:10 p.m. to the camp in the 500 block of Park Avenue, near Canton Street and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, and the victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. A silver sedan was seen driving west …