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DOHA: Qatar's foreign minister on Tuesday (Aug 31) warned that isolating the Taliban could lead to further instability and urged countries to engage with the hardline movement to address security and socioeconomic concerns in Afghanistan.…

CAIRO : Egypt is ramping up production of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine as it aims to become a hub for vaccine exports to Africa and protect its own population of more than 100 million from a fourth wave of infections. The government is…

BEIJING: China stepped up its reform of healthcare service pricing at public medical institutions on Tuesday (Aug 31) with the announcement of a pilot programme aimed at controlling costs for consumers, ensuring service quality and…

WARSAW: Poland moved on Tuesday (Aug 31) towards declaring a state of emergency in two regions on its border with Belarus after hundreds of illegal migrants crossed into its territory this month. The government formally asked President…

Their victory came after Biden withdrew nearly all American troops, then was forced to send back about 6,000 more to conduct the airlift. Biden said he would address the nation on Tuesday in Washington, as his critics continued to savage…

TUNIS: Five weeks after their president seized governing powers and a week after he indefinitely prolonged emergency measures, Tunisians are increasingly puzzled at his silence on the biggest crisis of their democratic era. Though…

VIENNA: The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Monday.…

WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Monday (Aug 31), after a woman suffered a rare heart muscle inflammation side effect. The report comes as…

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's government on Tuesday (Aug 31) reported that new COVID-19 cases fell for a second day, down to 49, amid the tight lockdown the country undertook during the latest outbreak this month. The total number of cases in…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (Aug 30) said it had completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan in a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it invaded the country in response to the Sep 11, 2001, attacks on America.…