Afghanistan

Mainland China reported its first COVID deaths in over a year on Saturday, said a post on the National Health Commission&s website.

The two deaths happened in China&s northeastern region of Jilin that borders North Korea and Russia, where case numbers make up over two thirds of total domestic infections, Reuters reported.

China reported...

The United Nation&s High Commissioner for Refugees, during a visit to Kandahar this week, said that UNHCR will assist Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the southern Afghan province to return to their homes.

Filippo Grandi said this after meeting with local officials in Kandahar.

&We agreed that the main priority is to try to help...

Russia said its forces were &tightening the noose& around the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol on Friday and concern grew over mass civilian casualties as the United States again warned China against aiding Moscow in its invasion.

Russia&s advance in Ukraine has largely stalled, and its troops, frustrated by fierce Ukrainian...

Politics is extremely important, but the economy also needs to function, the EU&s special representative to Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, has said.

Speaking in an interview with Ariana News on Thursday, Niklasson said that people struggle hard to survive and there is great uncertainty about the economic future.

He said that the interim...