The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air, BBC reported. Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.
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Nepal reports first African swine fever outbreak
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 11,570,885, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an warning that more cases of the monkeypox virus could be reported in Britain. An investigation is underway by British health officials to detect the cause of the outbreak which has hit mainly London, now affecting nine people, Xinhua news agency reported.
North Korea has been gauging the timing to conduct what would be its seventh nuclear test after completing its preparations.
Chinese citizens continue to remain in an unhappy state and face the totalitarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party while it openly declares its dominance of the legal system and also rejects judicial independence. According to The Hongkong Post, the local courts in the communist nation are not often regarded in high esteem in the country.
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank on Thursday decided to substantially decrease the limit of foreign currency a person can hold in his possession to $10,000 from $15,000 as the forex crisis has led to limited imports with no gasoline in filling stations in the country facing the worst economic crisis.
Sri Lanka appointed nine new cabinet members on Friday, among them ministers for the critical portfolios of health, trade and tourism, as the island nation battles its worst economic crisis in history.
US President Joe Biden authorised another USD 100 million in security assistance to Ukraine