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Beijing: A platform dedicated to boosting literary exchanges and cooperations in countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) has been established in Beijing.Initiated by China Writers Association (CWA), the "Literary Network of the Belt and Road" has drawn 30...

Athens: A new defense agreement between Greece and the United States will be signed for a five-year term, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday."The information is accurate. We are discussing the extension of a defense cooperation agreement...

Kabul: Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kabul on Sunday and met with the Taliban leadership and new cabinet members, including caretaker Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.A spokesman for the...

Washington:The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declassified the first document related to the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suspected Saudi government support for the hijackers."This material is being released in response to the executive order,...

Moscow: NATO should adopt a more objective and self-critical view regarding the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan instead of putting all the blame on the Afghan authorities, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.In a recent interview with The...

Washington: US President Joe Biden’s phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinpinglasted for about an hour and a half and the tone of the discussion was candid and respectful, not lecturing, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Friday."It...

Washington: The US military is still assessing the results of a drone strike conducted against an alleged Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist (banned in Russia) target last month in Kabul which Washington believes prevented an imminent attack, Defense Department spokesperson John...

Kabul: The Taliban have executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghan vice president who became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley, his nephew said on Friday.The news that Saleh's brother Rohullah...

Kabul: Bearded, gun-toting members of the Taliban militia has taken over the Norwegian embassy in Kabul and smashed wine bottles and destroyed children’s books, the Norwegian Ambassador Sigvald Hauge has said.Posting a picture of the Taliban militia inside the...

Kabul: The inauguration ceremony of the new Afghan cabinet is scheduled for September 11, a source in the Taliban movement told Sputnik."The inauguration of the new transitional government is scheduled for September 11," the source said."Russia, China, Qatar, Turkey,...