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The UN Development Programme (UNDP) stated in a report released Thursday that Afghanistan’s economic recovery depends on international support for boosting productivity and reinstating women’s rights. The report, “Two Years in Review: Changes in Afghan Economy, Households and Cross Cutting…

In its letter sent to the World Economic Forum, the International Non-Violence Organization (Freemuslim) has said that the 54th edition of Davos Forum is an ideal opportunity for dialogue, discussion, and for bringing different viewpoints closer, calling de-escalating geopolitical conflicts.…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will soon establish approximately a thousand educational classes in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to the article, the initiative, revealed on Wednesday, January 17th, aims to provide learning opportunities for around 140,000 children in…

On Thursday morning, January 18, Pakistan launched a series of military strikes on what it said were separatist militant hideouts situated in the southeast of Iran, according to CNN. These attacks were seemingly carried out in response to Iran’s attacks…

Nine people, including a traffic policeman and three children, were injured in a blast on Quetta’s Zarghoon Road on Wednesday, Dawn reported today. According to the police, the explosive material was planted in a heap of trash that had been…

Iran used “precision missile and drone strikes,” to destroy two strongholds of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl, in the Koh-e-Sabz area of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, according to Iran’s state-aligned Tasnim news agency. The Tuesday night attack, which reportedly…

Voters in Taiwan elected Vice President Lai Ching-te as their next president on Saturday, defying warnings from Beijing not to support a candidate it has called a separatist and a “troublemaker.” China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has…

The Shia followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in Orlando, Florida, celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for the new Husseini Center and Shia campus project, which aims to establish the holy rituals and to educate the Shia…

A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, with molten lava flows reaching the outskirts of a small fishing town by midafternoon, setting some houses alight, although the town was evacuated earlier and no people were in danger, authorities said.…

The collapse of an illegal small-scale gold mine has killed at least 22 people in northern Tanzania following heavy rains, a senior government official said on Sunday. The accident happened early on Saturday in the Simiyu region after a group…