Afghanistan

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan&s Islamic Emirate (IE) rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay.

&The members of the Security Council … reaffirmed the right to education for all...

With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.

Zelenskiy said in his video address to the Ukrainian people late on Sunday that in talks due to take place in Istanbul...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19 but feels well and will work while self-isolating at home, his office said on Monday.

The news came hours after Bennett, who has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and received a booster dose, visited the scene of a shooting in the Israeli city of Hadera, where two Arab...

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials said on Sunday that they will attend a meeting in China, with neighboring countries, that could strengthen diplomatic ties and attract more humanitarian aid.

The meeting of Afghanistan&s neighboring countries is expected to get underway this week in Beijing and Afghanistan&s acting foreign...