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09:27, april 19, 2022

Russia launches battle for the Donbas in Eastern Ukraine

Citing Ukrainian officials, media reports say Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east on Monday, attacking along a broad front over 480

15:28, april 18, 2022

Poor countries that are friendly to Russia will suffer disproportionately more than the West because of Russian-Ukrainian war

Russia’s war in Ukraine will not only bring devastation and death to Ukrainians and Russians, but also “promises acute food crisis and rising poverty to h whole world”, says an

10:47, april 18, 2022

Russia sets deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender

Media reports say Russia's Defense Ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m.

10:11, april 15, 2022

White House will crack down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions, US president security advisor says

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Thursday that the Biden administration is focused on ensuring Russia isn’t able to evade punishing global sanctions for its war in Ukraine,

10:01, april 15, 2022

Ukraine parliament recognizes actions by Russian troops against Ukrainians as 'genocide'

Ukraine’s parliament, Verkhovna Rada, yesterday adopted a new resolution that declared the actions of the Russian troops in Ukraine are “genocide.

10:39, april 14, 2022

Le Pen says she will remove France from NATO command

Media reports say French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday backed closer ties between NATO and Russia, adding that if she won the presidency Paris would once again leave the military

10:17, april 14, 2022

International prosecutors say ‘Ukraine is a crime scene’

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan says Ukraine is "a crime scene" Media reports say he made the comments on a visit to the Ukrainian town of Bucha,

12:05, april 13, 2022

U.S. president accuses Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden said for the first time on Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, a significant escalation of the president’s rhetoric.

15:39, april 12, 2022

Assembly of Religious Scholars calls on Taliban to reopen girls' schools

Following domestic and international reactions to the closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade, the Assembly of Religious Scholars in Afghanistan issued a statement calling for the lifting

11:41, april 12, 2022

Pakistan’s new prime minister elected after week-long uncertainty

Pakistan's parliament has elected Mr. Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, after Mr. Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the early hours of April 10.

16:52, april 11, 2022

Three ways the Russia-Ukraine conflict could escalate and drag NATO in

NATO ministers have been meeting in Brussels this past week to discuss how far they should go in providing military equipment to Ukraine, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner noted on April

15:24, april 11, 2022

Russians and Belarusians open 11,940 bank accounts in Kazakh banks

Some 10,000 Russian citizens have received personal identification numbers in Kazakhstan since Russia launched the so called “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24,

10:48, april 11, 2022

Russia revokes registration of fifteen international organizations

Russia's Ministry of Justice said on April 8 that it had revoked the registration of fifteen international organizations.

16:52, april 8, 2022

Prince Rahim Aga Khan reaffirms AKDN’s commitment to the people of Afghanistan

Prince Rahim Aga Khan on March 31 affirmed the “unfailing commitment of the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to the people of Afghanistan,” at a virtual

10:24, april 8, 2022

U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" in Ukraine.

16:53, april 7, 2022

First diplomat of Taliban-led Afghanistan accredited in Moscow

The Russian Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the Afghan Embassy in Moscow officially recognizing diplomat Jamal Nasir Garwal sent by the Taliban as Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in

12:03, april 7, 2022

CIS experts discuss development of national nuclear infrastructures

A meeting of an expert group of the CISI member nations took place on April 5 through video conferencing.

11:02, april 7, 2022

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Lithuanian documentary film maker in Ukraine

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has denounced the killing of documentary film maker Mantas Kvedaravicius who died in his car while attempting to escape the besieged Ukrainian city of

10:47, april 7, 2022

Putin's adult children targeted by US sanctions

The BBC says the United States has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova.

10:06, april 7, 2022

Ukrainian leader accuses Russia of 'using hunger as a weapon' in Ukraine

Russia is using hunger as a weapon in its war and an instrument of domination, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said in an address to the Irish parliament.

17:23, april 6, 2022

Russian far-right lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75

Russian far-right lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for provocative stunts and anti-Western tirades that kept him in the public eye for more than three decades, has died after a long and serious

10:57, april 6, 2022

In his video address to UN SC meeting, Zelenskiy accuses Russia of worst war crimes since WW II

During his video address to a meeting of the U.N.

10:45, april 5, 2022

Russia denies Ukrainian allegations its forces killed civilians near Kiev

The Kremlin said on Monday it categorically denies any accusations related to the murder of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and said Ukrainian allegations on the matter should be treated

10:11, april 5, 2022

Russia imposes visa restrictions on citizens of 'unfriendly countries'

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree introducing visa restrictions for citizens of countries that Moscow deems "unfriendly" in response to sanctions over Ukraine.

11:25, april 4, 2022

Taliban ban opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

The Taliban have outlawed cultivation of drugs, including opium poppy, across Afghanistan, the world’s biggest opium producer, which accounts for 85 percent of global production.

10:02, april 1, 2022

The 3rd meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries issues a joint statement

Chaired by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi the third foreign ministers' meeting among the neighboring countries of Afghanistan took place in Tunxi, east China's Anhui

14:58, march 31, 2022

China hosts the 3rd meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries

China has held two multinational meetings in the ancient town of Tunxi to discuss the economic and humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan from March 30 to 31.

14:58, march 30, 2022

Russian parliament speaker proposes selling Russian timber, metals and coal for rubles

Russian media reports say State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed expanding the list of goods that Russia would supply abroad only for rubles, if

10:24, march 30, 2022

Russia, Ukraine wrap up first day of talks in Istanbul

Russian media reports say the Russian and Ukrainian delegations wrapped up the first day of talks in Istanbul on Tuesday.

11:32, march 29, 2022

U.S. President Biden says he was expressing "outrage" about Putin, not calling for regime change

U.S. President Biden said yesterday his weekend statement that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" did not reflect new U.S.