NATO faced rebukes from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a &direct threat& and said China posed &serious challenges & to global stability.

The Western military alliance was wrapping up a summit in Madrid, where it issued a stark warning that the world has been plunged into a dangerous phase of...

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Pakistan&s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has called for an easing of Western sanctions against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), saying the basic functioning of the Afghan economy must not be endangered.

The IEA takeover last year prompted foreign governments, led by the United States, to cut development and security aid, and...

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Prime minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has approved 100 million rupees ($484,000) for last week&s earthquake victims in Afghanistan, it was reported Thursday.

Kashmir&s cabinet and top bureaucracy also donated one month&s salary for the relief of the people of Afghanistan, Pakistani newspaper The News reported.

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A senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) delegation, led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, headed to Qatar on Wednesday to hold talks with US officials to release some of the $9 billion of frozen reserves. 

According to a Washington Post report, US officials have tried to set up a system for assets to be managed, while simultaneously...

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An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its south pole, after circling the planet more than 1,300 times since early last year, it was reported on Wednesday.

China&s Tianwen-1 successfully reached the Red Planet in February 2021 on the country&s inaugural mission there. A...

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The grand assembly of religious scholars, scheduled to begin Thursday, is expected to discuss ways to improve economic and social conditions, Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said on Wednesday.

Hanafi said people from various ethnic groups and with different views will sit for discussion, which...

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