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In an extraordinary display of diplomatic candor, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday called for a freeze in the Ukraine conflict, urging Russia and Ukraine to return to the negotiating table—while standing…

In a decisive vote on Friday, UN member states backed Austrian lawyer Volker Türk to serve a second four-year term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, despite fierce opposition from the United States, Israel, and a handful of other…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, marking a significant concession to the youth-led "Cockroach" movement after weeks of escalating protests over alleged leaks in the country’s most…

Across vast swaths of Afghanistan, families are reeling from the aftermath of catastrophic flash floods that have ravaged homes, wiped out businesses, and destroyed vital sources of income, leaving countless residents without even…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided urgent humanitarian assistance to 690 people affected by the devastating flash floods that recently struck Afghanistan’s eastern Nuristan province, the agency confirmed on Friday.…

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan border forces have repelled a late-night infiltration attempt by a group of armed militants seeking to enter northeastern Badakhshan province from across the disputed Durand Line, resulting in the deaths of at…

GENEVA / DUBAI – The UN’s top human rights official on Friday issued an urgent appeal for warring parties in the Middle East to facilitate the safe evacuation and repatriation of approximately 6,000 sailors stranded aboard vessels in and…

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least nine people have been killed and one injured as severe flash floods swept across nine provinces in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) reported on…

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban’s morality police have detained a local journalist in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, local sources confirmed on Saturday, marking the latest in a relentless wave of crackdowns on media…

Three Afghan nationals have been sentenced to death in Iran’s Isfahan province for their alleged involvement in protests that swept the country last winter, according to the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw. The group reported…