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Islamic countries pledge humanitarian trust fund to stave off humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (Photo by AFP)
Foreign ministers who attended the latest meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have pledged to establish a humanitarian trust fund to address the growing chaos and economic crisis in Afghanistan.
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Chileans start to vote in polarized presidential election A poster of Lucia Hiriart, the widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, reading "Bye old lady" is seen along a street in downtown Santiago, Chile, on December 17, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
Chileans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in the Andean nations most divisive presidential election... |
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Sudan police fire tear gas at protesters as tens of thousands rally in capital for revolt anniversary Sudanese demonstrators carry raise national flags and banners as they rally against the military chief who launched an October 25 coup followed by a bloody crackdown, in the northern part of the capital Khartoum, on December 19, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
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Pakistan Must Not Interfere in Afghan Affairs: Karzai Former president Hamid Karzai on Sunday evening reacted to Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khans remarks about Afghan politics and the threat of Daesh. Khan claimed several Daesh attacks had been launched from Afghanistans border into Pakistan.
On Sunday, Khan at the Organization for Islamic Cooperation... |
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Iran FM: Sustainable security in Afghanistan only possible through inclusive govt. representing all ethnicities Irans Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks at the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, Pakistan, on December 19, 2021. (Photo by mfa.gov.ir)
Irans Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says establishment of... |
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US must unfreeze Afghanistans assets; weakening Afghan government is in no ones interest: Motaqi Afghanistans acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi said that the United States must unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan as the country desperately needs cash.
Speaking at the OICs extraordinary session on Afghanistan, Amir Khan Motaqi said that weakening the government of Afghanistan... |
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India-Central Asia Dialogue: Prevent Terrorism in Afghanistan Foreign Ministers of India and the five Central Asian Republics - Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan - on Sunday held the 3rd India-Central Asia Dialogue in New Delhi where they discussed trade and regional connectivity between India and Central Asia, and also exchanged views... |
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France risks losing 30% of auto jobs in shift to EVs © AFP / Martin BUREAU
New research by consulting firm AlixPartners shows that the French automotive industry could lose as many as 52,000 jobs by the end of the decade due to the accelerating transition to electric vehicles.
According to the report, commissioned by the French car lobby La Platforme... |
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Kremlin slams extradition of businessman to US as ongoing hunt for Russian citizens Switzerlands national flag is displayed on the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) building in Bellinzona, Switzerland, December 3, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin has been extradited from Switzerland to the United States, prompting a reaction from the... |
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UK experiencing highest inflation rate in a decade amid pandemic Heartbreaking scenes show dozens of people waiting patiently in the rain for food parcels over Christmas. (Fars News)
The coronavirus pandemic has been blamed for disrupting supply chains and affecting energy prices worldwide. But in the case of the UK, with the post Brexit challenges it faces, there... |
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Scores of workers arrested for protesting food poisoning at Indias Apple plant This picture purportedly taken on Dec.18, 2021, shows protesters blocking a key Chennai-Bengaluru highway for several hours in protest to a food-poisoning incident at a unit manufacturing American Apple iPhones in India. (Photo screenshot: courtesy of Twitter)
Indian police have arrested scores of... |
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Afghanistan is worlds worst man-made crisis, world must act now: Imran Khan Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the ongoing situation is the worst man-made humanitarian crisis on earth and called on the international community to act now.
Speaking at the OICs extraordinary session on Afghanistan in Islamabad, the Premier expressed his concerns over Afghanistans... |
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India-Central Asia Dialogue: Prevent Terrorism in Afghanistan Foreign Ministers of India and the five Central Asian Republics - Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan - on Sunday held the 3rd India-Central Asia Dialogue in New Delhi where they discussed trade and regional connectivity between India and Central Asia, and also exchanged views... |
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Pentagon documents reveal civilian deaths of US war in Mideast drastically undercounted A US airstrike seen on Ain al-Arab, seen from the Turkish-Syria border, October 13, 2014. (Photo by AFP)
Newly obtained Pentagon documents reveal that the US militarys aerial campaigns in the Middle East have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence and claimed the lives of thousands of civilians,... |
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Taliban leaders call for international aid as refugee exodus looms This picture shows then-Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai arriving to attend the Intra Afghan Dialog talks in the Qatari capital Doha on July 7, 2019. (File photo by AFP)
Taliban leaders have once more appealed to the international community to extend aid to Afghanistan amid a worsening economic... |
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UK Brexit minister David Frost resigns, dealing major blow to embattled PM Frost said he had agreed with Johnson earlier this month to leave in January, but because his move had been leaked it should happen with immediate effect.
British Brexit minister David Frost has resigned from the government, dealing a major blow to embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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India tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile File photo shows an Indian nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
India on Saturday successfully tested its new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile "Agni P."
The missile test was carried out from the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Indias eastern state of Odisha at 11:06 a.m., said... |
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US vaccine data gaps point to millions of unvaccinated people People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at a street-side testing booth in New York on Dec. 17. (Photo by AFP)
The US government has reportedly over-counted the number of Americans that had been at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus, raising fears that millions more remain unprotected as... |
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Islamabad is all set to host OIC meeting on Afghanistan today Pakistan is now all set to host the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday, December 19 that will be focused on Afghanistan.
Not only foreign ministers of the 57 member states but the US, UK, Russia, China, UN, EU, the World Bank, and other humanitarian organizations... |
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Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021 Algeria win the 2021 FIFA Arab World Cup [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]
Algeria scored two goals in extra time to beat neighbours Tunisia 2-0 and win the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.
Amir Sayoud scored in the ninth minute of extra-time while Yacine Brahimi scored with the final kick of the game at the Al-Bayt Stadium... |
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Afghan People at Center of US Considerations: West US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West said on Twitter Saturday that he is in Islamabad to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperations (OIC) ministerial meeting on Afghanistan, which he called a "timely" initiative.
OIC foreign ministers, a number of non-member states, and a number... |
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Taliban Blames US for Current Afghan Crisis Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai said the US is responsible for the existing crisis in Afghanistan and that the US should play an active role in the Afghan economy because Afghanistans economy was damaged over the past 20 years.
He made the remarks at a ceremony held to mark... |
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Blast at Pakistan bank branch constructed on sewage drain kills at least 10 At least 10 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion on Saturday at a Karachi bank branch constructed on a sewage drain in the citys industrial area, police said.
The cause of the blast, at a branch of Pakistan‘s largest bank, Habib Bank Limited, could be a gas leak, a senior... |
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Netherlands imposes hard lockdown People do their Christmas shopping before the Dutch governments announcement of a "strict" Christmas lockdown, in Nijmegen, Netherlands, December 18, 2021 © Reuters / Piroschka van de Wouw
Bars, cafes, and all but the most essential stores will close in the Netherlands until mid-January, as... |
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London declares major incident over Omicron © Reuters / Hannah McKay
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a ‘major incident in the UK capital over the quickly deteriorating epidemiological situation prompted by the fast-spreading Omicron variant.
"Today I have declared a major incident in London because of the serious threat... |
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Belarus comments on possibility of hosting Russian nukes Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems are pictured during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia. © Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin
Belarus could decided to host Russian nuclear weapons on its territory amid growing tensions with the West and fears of a NATO buildup in neighboring... |
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Houthi: No peace possible in Yemen unless Saudi-led coalition ends absurd military aggression, blockade The grab photo shows Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemens Ansarullah resistance movement, during a speech he delivered on December 18, 2021.
The leader of Yemens popular Ansarullah movement says if the invading military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, wants peace, it must first put a complete... |
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US sexual abuse cases lodged against Charlotte-area Boy Scouts in new trials Boy Scouts hold the US flag during a pledge of allegiance ceremony on September 11, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by AFP)
More than two dozen victims have sued members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for decades of sexual abuse.
North Carolina victims took their BSA sex attackers to court... |
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Boycotting Chinese Winter Olympics: From double standard to Bidens desperate bid to score foreign policy achievements The US and its allies have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Illustration by Press TV)
By Mohammad Mahdi Abbasi
With less than two months until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia have announced that they will not send... |
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COVID kills South Florida police more often than gunfire US police officers block an area where a shooting wounded several FBI agents while serving an arrest warrant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Florida. (AP photo)
Of the 33 law enforcement officers in South Florida who lost their lives in the line of duty over the past two years, three were killed... |
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