Tokyo, 27 July 2021 Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines made history on Monday at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old weightlifter finished in first place in the women's 55 kilogram category to win the first ever Olympic gold medal. She lifted a combined weight of 224 kilograms (493.8 pounds) and made Olympic record. The Philippines...

Doha, 27 July 2021 (Media Reports) Shehroze Kashif, 19, from Lahore, Pakistan became the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to conquer  8,848.86 metres high Mount Everest last Tuesday. Shehroze developed his passion in trekking from his very young age encouraged by his father, Kashif Abbas. Kashif Abbas and any of his family members has no interest in...

Islamabad, 26 July 2021 (Media Reports) Forty-six Afghan soldiers and Border Police got refuge and safe passage in Pakistan on Sunday, Pakistan Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) statement. The statement said that a local ANA commander opposite Arundu, Chitral, had requested help for the 46 soldiers — including five officers — as "they were unable to...

Islamabad, 26 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Pakistan on Monday reported more than 3,700 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day toll since May 22, as the Delta variant is spreading across the country, according to official data. In the past 24 hours, the country registered 3,752 additional infections, bringing the caseload to over 1 million, the...

Seoul, 22 July 2021 (Yonhap News) South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hit a fresh high of over 1,800 on Thursday with mass infections from a virus-hit naval unit, while authorities are increasingly inclined to extend the toughest virus restrictions in the wider Seoul area amid no signs of a letup. The country added 1,842...

Tokyo, 22 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkish news agency, Anadolu Agency will broadcast the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 12 languages beginning Friday, July 23. The Turkish news agency will deliver news, photographs, and images of the 108 national teams who will compete in 18 branches, as well as world-famous athletes at the Olympics in the...

Istanbul, 21 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Ankara will continue its efforts to secure international recognition for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Turkey’s president said on Wednesday. “We will make every possible effort to ensure recognition of the Turkish Cypriot state as soon as possible,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a video address...

Islamabad, 19 July 2021 (Daily Dawn) Afghanistan on Sunday called back its ambassador and senior diplomats from Pakistan after the brief “kidnapping” of the Afghan envoy’s daughter in Islamabad. "Following the abduction of the Afghan ambassador's daughter in Pakistan, the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan called back Afghanistan's ambassador and senior diplomats from...

Doha, 18 July 2021 Two days long crucial and busy bilateral talks between high level Afghan government and Taliban delegations concluded here in Doha at the Sheraton Grand Hotel. The venue where US and Taliban signed historical peace accord in February 2020 saw another milestone step discussions between Afghan government delegation and Taliban. Afghan delegation...

Doha,18 July 2021 Crucial discussions reaching to peaceful solution to the 20 long years of Afghan conflict between high profile Afghan government delegation led by Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Taleban has once again extended to resume at later evening here in Doha. Speaking to www. asiantelegraphqatar.com, Dr Abdallah Abdallah leaving for short break told that...