Fatima Payman, who is just 27 years old, has won Western Australia&s sixth and final Senate seat, becoming the first Afghan-Australian and the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in parliament, Anadolu news agency reported. 

Soon after winning the seat, Australia&s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his party leaders tweeted their...

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China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that &achieved its expected purpose&, the Defence Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country.

China has been ramping up research into all sorts of missiles, from those that can destroy satellites in space to advanced nuclear-tipped ballistic...

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The Ministry of Water and Energy issued a warning of possible floods and rising river levels in some areas of the country for Monday and Tuesday. 

The ministry said in a statement that based on climate change and comparative analysis of data, as well as taking into account the predictions of the country&s Meteorological Agency and...

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Russia&s war in Ukraine could take years, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a German weekly newspaper, adding that the supply of state-of-the-art weaponry to Ukrainian troops would increase the chance of liberating the Donbas region from Russian control.

&We must prepare for the fact that it could take years. We must not let...

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The Chargé d&Affaires at the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha, Hugo Shorter, said Sunday his government does not support anyone seeking to achieve political change in Afghanistan through violence. 

In a statement published on the UK government&s website, Shorter said this also included all Afghan nationals and that the UK...

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The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai said Sunday that Afghanistan wants to expand ties with neighboring countries and that he hopes these countries do not try to destabilize Afghanistan.

Speaking at a meeting in Kabul, entitled &The Future of Afghanistan&s Relations with...

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