The World Health Organization said Monday Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its $500 million commitment to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

The WHO said the funds, initially pledged in April 2024, will be disbursed to help end the wild form of polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan and stop outbreaks of variant polio, Reuters reported.

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The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan remained closed on Tuesday after four days of negotiations between officials from the two countries failed to yield results.

Torkham commissioner Abdul Jabbar Hikmat reported that discussions held Monday were chaired by the deputy governor of Nangarhar but ended without any agreement.

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With New Zealand&s comfortable five-wicket win against Bangladesh on Monday, Mitchell Santner&s side, along with India have qualified from Group A for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals.

A superb century from Rachin Ravindra on Champions Trophy debut landed New Zealand their semi-final spot at the marquee ICC event.

Chasing 237,...

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The U.N. human rights chief on Monday warned that a system of global protections built in the decades after World War Two has never before been under so much strain, calling for an effort to reinforce it or risk suffering the atrocities of the past.

&The global consensus on human rights is crumbling under the weight of authoritarians,...

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Afghanistan&& s ministry of interior & s spokesman, Abdul Mateen Qani, confirmed Monday night that the Islamic Emirate has actually detained 2 Brits, a Chinese-American, and their Afghan translator.Qani told AFP that & efforts are underway to solve this concern & . The 2 Brits, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, are both in their 70s and were ...

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