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AFGHANISTAN: With Afghanistan thrown into a major upheaval and economic crisis, the people facing unemployment and acute poverty have taken to the streets to sell their valuables in exchange for some cash to make ends meet.…

KOREA: North Korea has launched a railway-borne missile with a mission to strike the target area 800 km away, the state media reported on Thursday. “The test-firing drill took place for the purpose of confirming the practicality…

FRANCE: Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to…

TURKEY: Turkey has extended the construction of a wall on the country’s border with Iran amid a continued influx of refugees, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. “We will add another 242 km to the 221 km we have built so far…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, (L), and Volkan Bozkir,(R), President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud on Tuesday, September 14, as Abdulla Shahid, (C) receives the gavel as the new President…

SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there were about 4 million coronavirus cases reported globally last week, marking the first major drop in new infections in more than two months. In recent weeks, there have…

The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015. The group is blamed…

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban have barred female employees from entering the Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul, allowing only males into the building, an employee of the ministry said. “Four women were not allowed to enter the building”,…

AFGHANISTAN: With the number of people demanding visas increasing in Afghanistan following the closure of foreign embassies in Kabul after the collapse of the former Afghan Government, the black market business for visas is…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will continue to rebuild his ministerial team on Thursday, having already reshuffled his cabinet. The PM, who is promising to "build back better" from the pandemic, fired Gavin Williamson as…