A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China&s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately...

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres shared a post on the occasion of Nowruz on Twitter on Monday.

&As humanity faces unprecedented challenges, let us be guided by the Nowruz spirit of solidarity and renew our pledge to live in harmony and protect our planet,& Guterres tweeted. Guterres also wished all who celebrate the start...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday again called for direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but stressed Russia&s negotiation requirements related to Ukraine&s territorial integrity and sovereignty are unacceptable, according to a U.S. media outlet.

In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said he is ready for...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said there would be no public holiday for the Persian New Year this week, but stated they would not stop people from celebrating the festival.

Persian New Year, known as Nowruz and celebrated throughout Iran and Central Asia, is a popular festival in Afghanistan and is usually marked by a public holiday,...

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Afghanistan Cricket Board&s top management, including it&s chairma, Mirwais Ashraf and the CEO Naseeb Khan, this week attended that Asian Cricket Council&s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Colombo.

After attending the meeting, Ashraf and Khan met officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Sri Lanka Cricket...

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Solar year 1400 was a painful year for Afghans who faced many challenges and dealt with many changes.

The first five months of 1400 were scarred by serious insecurity while the level of corruption reached its peak. Former president Ashraf Ghani was in that time named the world&s most corrupt leader.

With plummeting government revenue,...

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