A possible NATO plan to house Afghan refugees in central Asian countries can become a disaster for European countries, Moscow warns. Thousands of Afghans have fled the country, with many more seeking to leave, after Taliban announced assumed control of Kabul and other cities.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warns the Al-Qaeda terror group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate in the war-torn country following Washington's withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
At least 82 people have died in the United States in the aftermath of hurricane Ida. Several regions continue to grapple with the fallout from the storm and lingering power outages that have left thousands in the dark.
At least 14 people have died and many more were injured in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in North Macedonia, authorities confirmed on Thursday.
A United Nations panel reported Wednesday that at least 18,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed or wounded in Saudi-led airstrikes since the kingdom launched the war on its southern neighbor six years ago.
The Taliban are planning to organize general elections in Afghanistan which will allow various local groups and communities to cast their votes. This comesas the Taliban have introduced a caretaker government to rule the war-hit country.
A senior Yemeni official believes the Riyadh-led war on his country would have ended years ago if there had not been political and military support from Washington for the kingdom.
A coalition of human rights groups is urging major broadcasters across the world to cancel plans to cover the 2022 Olympics in Beijing over alleged human rights abuses in China. Beijing has repeatedly rejected such allegations.
The Taliban caretaker government has asked the United Nations to take the group's leaders off its blacklist. Several members of the interim government in Kabul are on the UN Security Council's terrorism blacklist, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund.
China says a US destroyer was “expelled” from disputed South China Sea waters after Beijing’s naval and air forces conducted whole-process tracking and monitoring and warned off it, accusing Washington of provocative actions at sea.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that time was running out for Iran to return to a nuclear deal after a scathing report by the IAEA and Tehran's signals that it would take a while to return to talks. The Iranian government stresses the country is ready to restart talks to revive the 2015 agreement, but not under western pressure.
Images have been posted on social media showing an Afghan girl who has trekked all the way to the Iranian border to take shelter in a country where people love her and she can find a safe place to live.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement promised they will repel Israeli troops if they enter the Jenin refugee camp in search of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from an Israeli high-security prison.
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin has called on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to withdraw its nuclear weapons deployed across Europe.
French cement giant Lafarge financed Daesh and constantly informed the French intelligence services about its relationship with the terrorist organization, according to documents obtained by Anadolu news agency.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has invited Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to visit Washington soon to discuss mutual relations and issues related to Iran.
The Taliban on Monday named their caretaker cabinet members including an obscure figure who has a $5mn US bounty on his head.
Mohammad Hassan Akhund was named as caretaker Prime Minister by the Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mojahed.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dismissed Public Security Director Khalid bin Qaraar Al-Harbi on Tuesday, referring him to investigation on charges of embezzlement of the public funds.
The United States must accept the fact that Ankara’s purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia is a completed matter, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated in an interview with NTV.
The Mu variant of COVID-19 - which scientists fear could be more transmissible than Delta - has now been detected in all US states with the exception of Nebraska.
The Taliban announced the names of several acting cabinet ministers of a new caretaker government in Afghanistan. Some of the ministers are wanted by the United States.
Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Hisham Sharaf slammed the pro-Saudi statements by the US and the UK, stressing that their approach is meant to keep up arms sales to Riyadh.
Venezuelan government and the US-backed opposition say they agreed during their talks in Mexico to find ways to deal with the pressing needs of the people, including the country's coronavirus pandemic response.
