Afghanistan

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow to end its &senseless war& in Ukraine, adding his country would remain independent, the only question was at what price.

Zelenskiy&s criticism of the West has mounted in recent days as the European Union moves...

The newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said Thursday the country faced serious human rights challenges, and urged the authorities to take the path that brings stability and freedom to all Afghans, especially women.

At the end of his 11-day visit to the country Bennett told a news...

The Ministry of Finance says that since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) came into power, exports of coal have increased significantly.

According to a ministry spokesman, 16 billion Afghanis worth of coal has been exported in the past six months, with more than three billion Afghanis having flowed into government treasury.

A ministry...

As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion every two days, Oxfam reported Thursday.

For every new billionaire created during the pandemic — one every 30 hours — nearly a million people could be pushed into extreme poverty in...