Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from Sept. 13, the airline said on Saturday.

Afghan Cricket Board calls on Australia not to cancel historic match

The Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) has called on Australia not to cancel a historic test match between the two countries set for Hobart on November 27. Australia, a powerhouse of the sport, has never played a test match against Afghanistan, despite the International Cricket Council granting test match status to Afghanistan in 2017.

Bairstow, Woakes & Malan pull out of IPL

England's Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have withdrawn from the rescheduled Indian Premier League. Postponed in May amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the IPL will resume in the United Arab Emirates on 19 September.

COVID-19 update: 777 new cases, 1,368 recoveries, 12 fatalities in 24 hours

In 6,137 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 777 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday through its regular update.

Accused was returned from foreign employment and dropped out of school

Police have arrested an accused involved in the murder of the Karki family of Umling in Madi Municipality-1 of Sankhuwasabha district. Police have arrested 26-year-old Lok Bahadur Karki, a neighbour, for killing his own family.

Australian state Queensland could go into lockdown after fresh coronavirus cluster

Australia's third-most populous state said on Saturday it may order a snap lockdown after a cluster of Covid-19 cases, as the country posted a record one-day rise in daily infections. Queensland state, home to more than 5 million people, said it had detected five new infections in the past 24 hours after a family tested positive. The next few days would be critical to see if a lockdown was warranted, authorities said.

New Disney movies to debut exclusively in cinemas

Hollywood giant Walt Disney Co said the rest of its 2021 films will screen exclusively in cinemas before being made available for streaming. The decision is a boost to struggling entertainment venues, with major films during the pandemic debuting online at the same time as in theatres.

Biden marks 9/11 anniversary with tribute, call for unity

President Joe Biden is making an appeal for the nation to reclaim the spirit of cooperation that sprung up in the days following the 9/11 terror attacks as he commemorates those who died 20 years ago. Biden was a senator when hijackers commandeered four planes and exacted the nation’s worst terror attack in 2001. Now he marks the 9/11 anniversary for the first time as commander in chief.

US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end

Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy. The U.S. marks the milestone anniversary Saturday under the pall of a pandemic and in the shadow of a frantic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which fell to the same militant rulers who gave safe haven to the plotters of the 2001 attacks.

Rishi Panchami: the last day of Teej - in pictures

The last day of the Hindu women's festival Teej, Rishi Panchami is being celebrated today across the country.