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US, Pakistani officials hold talks over Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad to discuss bilateral ties, regional peace and...

Afghan MPs, in exile, pledge to work for women’s rights (John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

When Taliban fighters ransacked Shagufa Noorzai’s home on August 29, she was not there. The member of parliament from Helmand province had gone into hiding...

Has France failed in the Sahel? (Al Jazeera)

A spat between the French and Malian governments is threatening to derail a fragile alliance against armed groups in the Sahel region of North...

Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has told the Russian media he has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the...

Nearly 140 countries reach deal on 15% corporate minimum tax (Al Jazeera)

Nearly 140 countries have agreed on a tentative deal that would make sweeping changes to how big, multinational companies are taxed in order to...

Kenya rejects UN jurisdiction ahead of Somalia border ruling (Al Jazeera)

Kenya has said it rejected the jurisdiction of the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of a ruling next week on its...

Drone attacks target Saudi airport in Jazan (Al Jazeera)

At least 10 people have been reported injured in attacks on an airport in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen. The...

Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council (UN News)

In resolution 48/13, the Council called on States around the world to work together, and with other partners, to implement this newly recognised right. The text, proposed...

Libya: UN lauds mercenary withdrawal plan on ‘path towards peace and democracy’ (UN News)

Special Envoy and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiŝ described the signing as “another breakthrough achievement by the 5+5...

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