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TEHRAN/BEIJING/WASHINGTON – Iran will only accept "a fair and comprehensive agreement" in any negotiations with the United States aimed at ending the widening Middle East conflict, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday. His…

Caen, France – Matiullah Wesa, a prominent Afghan education activist and founder of the Pen Path organization, has been awarded the Normandy Freedom Prize 2026 in recognition of his unwavering advocacy for girls’ education in Afghanistan.…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A relentless surge in global gold prices has ignited a new mining rush deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and unleashing hazardous levels of mercury contamination on Indigenous…

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 22 people on Tuesday, including 12 in one of the deadliest single attacks so far this year, as the clock ticked down to a proposed midnight ceasefire from Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

The iconic duo of Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone is back together on screen for their much-anticipated upcoming film, King. Currently filming in the scenic locales of Cape Town, South Africa, the actors were recently spotted shooting a…

An explosion at a fireworks manufacturing plant in central China has killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, prompting authorities to suspend all fireworks production in the surrounding region as investigators work to determine the…

KABUL / NEW YORK – Marking the International Day of the Midwife, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has issued an urgent call for increased investment in midwifery services across Afghanistan, warning that funding cuts are putting…

KABUL / NEW YORK – A severe drought across northern and western Afghanistan has affected at least 3.4 million people, destroying crops and livestock while driving a sharp rise in food prices, UN agencies have warned. The crisis is being…

Afghanistan is often portrayed as a perpetual victim of great power politics, a country trapped in the crosshairs of history, its land repeatedly used and its people exploited, only to be discarded when stronger states achieve their…

As Afghanistan grapples with intensifying housing pressures, the UN-Habitat has warned that the country’s growing shelter crisis will be a central topic at the upcoming World Urban Forum, set to take place in Baku later this month.…