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BAKU, Azerbaijan – At least 39 people have been killed in deadly clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, neighbours of the South Caucasus, as the latest violence in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh prompted international calls to end the fighting. The Karabakh Defense Ministry said on Monday that 15 of its …

UNITED NATIONS – Pakistan reminded the international community that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignored Kashmir and other major global issues in his address to the United Nations General Assembly. The Indian leader addressed the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Saturday and asked for a permanent seat on the …

GENEVA – The Covid-19 disease claimed its millionth victim, according to a compilation of official figures from around the world on Monday. Epidemics are increasing in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, especially in India, which recorded its nine millionth case on Sunday. The figure was reached on Sunday evening, …

BAGHDAD – The United States State Department has warned the Iraqi government that it plans to withdraw from its embassy in Baghdad unless Iraq controls attacks on US personnel, the Washington Post reported. The United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iran, located in Green Zone, an area that houses several foreign …

BEIJING – The construction of the Huangpu Tram Line 1 for new energy trams, the first of its kind in China, was completed on September 26, according to China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), the country’s largest rolling stock maker. The 14.4 km tram track in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, South …

KABUL – Afghan and Taliban contact groups held a meeting in Doha to discuss and finalize procedural rules for the main agenda of the peace negotiations. Nader Nadery, member and spokesperson of the Afghan peace delegation tweeted yesterday, “Contact groups of both delegations held a meeting today and discussed to …

KABUL – The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Sunday said that over $7 billion has been spent on the roads and highways across Afghanistan over the past 19 years, and that 50 percent of the roads are on the verge of total deterioration. Overloading and security threats are counted …

KABUL – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that a hasty international withdrawal would be unwise, as peace is within reach in Afghanistan. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Saturday, Khan said, “All those who have invested in the Afghan peace process should resist the temptation for …

ISLAMABAD – High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan (HCNRA) chief Abdullah Abdullah reached Islamabad on Monday morning on a three-day visit, Radio Pakistan reported. Abdullah Abdullah was received by Abdul Razak Dawood, the adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister on commerce, and Mohammad Sadiq Khan, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, …

NEW YORK – China on Thursday slammed the United States for its criticism of the novel coronavirus, with Beijing’s envoy to a high-level United Nations meeting saying: “Enough is enough!” Two days after US President Donald Trump used his annual address to the UN General Assembly to attack China’s record, …