Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

President Joe Biden said the United States would provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions...

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Tajikistan&s President Emomali Rahmon met with Iranian leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Monday evening to discuss the expansion of cooperation between the two countries and the security situation in Afghanistan.

Khamenei said during the meeting that Iran&s diverse climate, vast lands and plains as well as its scientific,...

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Afghanistan&s largest private philanthropic organization, The Bayat Foundation, on Tuesday officially launched a new early childhood development (ECD) initiative, which was broadcast live on Ariana Television.

The initiative, in the form of an innovative mobile phone application, Mano Kodakam, is aimed at increasing awareness around the...

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The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has rejected reports of positive cases of monkeypox in some provinces of Afghanistan, saying that no cases of the disease have been registered so far.

This week, some Afghan media outlets reported several cases of monkeypox in Nimroz, Herat and Kabul provinces.

The media...

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China&s tourism authority on Tuesday eased a rule on the suspension of certain tourism trips in areas where COVID-19 cases are found, part of the country&s effort to make its virus response more targeted.

Tourism is among the hardest-hit sectors under China&s &dynamic COVID zero& policy that demands each flare-up be...

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Nepali search and rescue teams on Tuesday recovered the body of the last of 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas two days earlier and also found the flight&s voice recorder.

Two Germans, four Indians and 16 Nepalis were on the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft that crashed 15 minutes after taking off...

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