Residents of Afghanistan's Sangin district have said a generation has been deprived of education due to wars over the past two decades, TOLO News reported.
Three more persons were killed and 12 others injured as incidents of firing continued for the fifth day on Saturday at different places in the Kurram tribal district, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud is expected to visit the White House on Monday for talks with officials in US President Joe Biden's administration, The Times of Israel reported citing American news website Axios.
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is expected to hold bargaining sessions with the major studios, as the two sides continue to work toward a deal to end the 106-day strike, reported Variety.
At least 28 people died and over 23 are still missing in a fire that erupted in a coal mine in Kazakhstan on Saturday, reported Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry for Emergency Situations.
For three railway projects that President Rodrigo Duterte mediated, the Philippines will no longer look to China for financial assistance, The Diplomat reported.
Moscow has expressed disappointment as Pakistan keeps on changing the structure of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline project and is not making any progress on the commercial deal amid US sanctions of Russian entities, reported The Express Tribune.
Several members of the United Nations Security Council members have expressed concerns about human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, stating that women, including female journalists and human rights activists, are facing violence in public places, Khaama Press reported on
Government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged widespread protests on Thursday, vehemently opposing proposed salary cuts and pension reforms, as reported by Dawn.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is grappling with a dire financial crisis, resulting to grounding of several Boeing 777 aircraft due to insufficient funds for maintenance, as reported by ARY News on Friday.