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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has opened its office in Kabul for coordinating humanitarian efforts in the country.                   In a statement, the Organization said the office will coordinate humanitarian activities with international agencies, and no effort will be spared to address the…

The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at the Koocha Risaldar Mosque in Peshawar, on Friday which killed at least 62 people and injured dozens.  In a press statement, the members of the Council expressed their deepest sympathy…

A senior US diplomat has admitted that there are challenges to the human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu said this while briefing members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South…

The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of Donald Blome, a career foreign service officer, as the next US Ambassador to Pakistan.  In a statement, US Department of State termed Partnership between Islamabad and Washington as key to progress on regional security, trade and investment, climate change and human rights.…

The SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the world, especially the US and European Union, to extend greater financial assistance to people of Afghanistan. Talking to a delegation of traders from South Punjab in Islamabad, President SAARC Chamber Iftikhar Ali Malik said it is better to engage Afghanistan…

Head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will visit Tehran on Saturday for holding talks with senior Iranian officials. In a statement, IAEA Spokesman said talks on 2015 Iranian Nuclear Deal in Vienna are widely seen as being at a crunch point, with the next few…

In Afghanistan, the interim Taliban government has decided not to allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left. Addressing a news conference in Kabul, the Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the evacuation will be stopped until Afghanistan get the assurance…

The World Health Organization has called for a safe corridor through Poland to deliver critical medical aid to Ukraine. In a statement, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that hospital oxygen supplies in Ukraine are dangerously low and most hospitals could exhaust their reserves within the next 24 hours, putting…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to “try” talks with Russia but is sceptical of them. In a video address, he said if there is a “chance” to end war, he should take part in the talks.