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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.