The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) minister of urban development Hamdullah Nomani met with India&s Charge d&Affaires to Kabul Bharat Kumar recently and said the country needs India to help rebuild and sustain its infrastructure.

Speaking to The Hindu on Sunday, Shaheen said Nomani told Kumar that &Afghanistan is open...

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More people will have sought refuge in Germany in 2022 than at the height of the European migrant crisis, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported Sunday.

The newspaper said the country is on course to see 1.2 million new arrivals this year — a 35% increase from 2015 when 890,000 migrants and refugees, mainly fleeing the Syrian war, came to the...

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Pakistan&s electric power regulator will meet Monday to discuss a mechanism for the purchase of coal from Afghanistan for longer periods, possibly three to six months, opposed to the current monthly procurement process.

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) will hold a public hearing and have said procurement of coal from...

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About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, said the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Dagestan on Sunday.

Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it was unclear why the mass die-off happened but that it was likely due to natural causes.

Regional officials initially reported...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) defense minister Mawlavi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, at the Al Shati Royal Palace in Abu Dhabi, on Sunday.

According to the ministry the two dignitaries discussed issues of mutual interest.

Mujahid, along with Anas Haqqani, also met with...

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Thousands of residents in Indonesia&s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island&s tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages.

The provincial search and rescue agency deployed teams to the worst-affected areas near Mount Semeru to...

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