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Tokyo: Japan temporarily closes its embassy in Afghanistan due to escalating tensions and opens a temporary representative office in Istanbul to continue the diplomatic effort, the Japanese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Tuesday."On August 15, the Japanese embassy in...

Beijing: The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is conducting military drills in the waters and airspace near Taiwan in response to alleged provocations by the United States and Taipei, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, the spokesman for the PLA's Eastern...

Berlin: Germany needs to evacuate about 10,000 people from Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Christian Democratic Union party on Monday, the DPA news agency reported, citing meeting participants.The number is said to include at least 2,500 Afghans who...

Just last month President Joe Biden defended his Afghanistan pullout by saying that "the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely."The images of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace...

United Nations: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to abandon Afghanistan over the weekend shocked everyone, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Security Council on Monday."Today, all of our eyes are on Kabul, which yesterday...

Kabul: Scenes of desperation were witnessed at Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people desperate to leave Afghanistan clung on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.A video later showed three people falling to...

Moscow: The death toll of the devastating earthquake in Haiti has more than doubled since the last estimate, reaching 724, media reported Sunday, citing the country's civil protection agency.More than 2,800 people in total have been affected by the...

Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul Sunday and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan, capping the terrorists' lightning push for power. A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said Ghani had left for...

The Vatican: Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern for the situation in Afghanistan and called for a peaceful dialogue to ensure the safety of civilians."Dear brothers and sisters, I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, noting that the further build-up of Russian-Indian ties was in the...