WASHINGTON: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US resolution, which Pakistan believes opens the door to providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan without violating UN sanctions on the Taliban. The resolution allowed […]
Under a heavy winter sky, the grimly silent queue of people stretches around the corner from Bayram Duman’s kiosk, which offers discount bread for Istanbulites hurt by Turkey’s economic malaise. Turkey’s cultural and historic capital […]
BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s president urged the European Union on Wednesday to quickly impose new sanctions on Russia, warning that actions taken after any conflict would be too late. Speaking to the press after the 6th Eastern […]
ANKARA: The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and opposition groups “mutually and simultaneously” release detainees as part of the Astana Process on Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “Several persons detained by the […]
BRUSSELS: The NATO chief said on Thursday that Russia’s “provocative” military buildup continued despite international pressure. “We see no sign that this buildup is stopping or slowing down. On the contrary, it continues,” NATO Secretary-General […]
ANKARA: Checks in France for mandatory health passes designed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic turned up 11,000 fake passes, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday. Checks for the health pass – a digital proof of […]
ANKARA: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has canceled a traditional pre-Christmas lunch for her extended family due to the spread of the omicron variant across the country, local media reported on Thursday. The lunch is traditionally hosted […]
DUBAI: UNESCO on Tuesday added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, presented the nomination […]
The US Congress on Wednesday voted to set up a commission to assess the failures of the 20-year war in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s victory. The commission was part of a $768 billion annual defence […]
KABUL: Saudi Arabia sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Thursday, state media reported, its first such initiative since the Taliban took control of the crisis-stricken country in August. The kingdom’s state-run King Salman […]
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