President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has paid another visit to troops on the front lines of Ukraine&s war against Russia, praising soldiers holding forward positions as brave and hard-working and vowing the country will prevail.

A video posted to Zelenskiy&s official Telegram account on Saturday showed the president in his trademark khaki...

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Officials from Afghanistan&s Ministry of Energy and Water have identified 16 electricity-generating projects that once established will increase power output and help make the country less reliant on its neighbors for this critical commodity.

The ministry&s spokesman Mawlavi Akhtar Mohammad Nasrat said of these 16, there are 12 thermal...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Saturday condemned the attack earlier in the day on a Sikh temple in Kabul city that resulted in the death of two people. 

Zabihullah Mujahid, the IEA&s spokesman, said in a tweet the authorities condemn &in the strongest terms the attack of the enemies of the homeland against the Hindu...

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says 250,000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan since August last year. 

UNHCR Deputy Chief Kelly Clements, traveled to Kabul last week to review the situation of refugees and then to Islamabad.

In Islamabad, Clements spoke with the foreign minister and a number of Pakistani officials about...

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for increased global support to stem spiraling hunger in Afghanistan as one of the world&s worst humanitarian crises threatens millions.

As part of their ongoing support, the IFRC has appealed to the international community for 80 million Swiss francs...

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For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp&s (MSFT.O) decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology.

To commemorate its demise, he spent a month and 430,000 won ($330) designing and ordering a headstone with Explorer&s...

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