The death toll from Los Angeles wildfires in California has risen to 16, with over 12,000 houses burnt to ashes, a media report said on Sunday.

The TAPI gas pipeline project is advancing swiftly, with three kilometres of the pipeline already laid in Afghan territory, officials in western Herat province say.

The Turkish Embassy in Afghanistan has announced that the 21st shipment, carrying 724 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Turkey, has arrived in western Herat province.

About 894 people inhaled gas and among them 24 people lost their lives this winter season in the country, an official said on Saturday.

A-month long futsal tournament, featuring 16 teams, has kicked off in Ghazni city, the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official announced on Saturday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is in talks with the Unites States on prisoner exchange, but no result has been achieved so far, an official says.

The 16th edition of the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Provincial Grade-II Cricket Tournament, featuring 40 teams, commenced today (Saturday), the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced.

A man has reportedly taken his own life in the Hesa-i-Awal Behsud district of central Maidan Wardak province.

The outgoing US government has slapped new sanctions on Russia’s energy giants, targeting more than 200 entities and individuals.

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as Venezuelan president for a third term despite a six-month-long election dispute and an increase in US reward offered for his capture, says a media report.

A New York judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump in the hush-money payment case, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Former US special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has slammed the meeting on girls’ education in Pakistan a propaganda move as part of ongoing conflict with the caretaker government in Kabul.