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A ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations was an internal issue, the country’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday, adding that the decision “should be respected by all sides”. Taliban authorities triggered international outrage earlier this month after extending a December ban on Afghan women working for non-governmental organisations to the UN. “The Islamic Emirate does not want to create …

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected with the H3N8 subtype of …

Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk has said that the legacy blue checkmarks would be removed from Twitter accounts verified under the company’s previous regime, with an April 20 deadline set for the enforcement. The blue checkmark — previously free for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other public figures — is now open to anyone prepared to pay. The move …

United States Congressman Brad Sherman has written to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, voicing concerns over “democracy, human rights, and rule of law” violations in Pakistan, it emerged on Wednesday. In a letter dated April 11, Sherman asked Blinken to “guide the United States’ Pakistan policy toward a greater commitment to human rights and to use all US diplomatic channels …

Four army personnel were killed in a firing incident at a military station in the Indian border state of Punjab early on Wednesday, officials said as they ruled out a “terrorist attack”. Meanwhile, the weapon suspected to have been used in the incident was also recovered. The incident was reported around 4:35 am (1105 GMT) at the Bathinda military station …

Myanmar’s military said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the “terrorists”. Up to 100 people, including children, were killed in Tuesday’s air strike in the Sagaing area in northwest Myanmar, according to media reports, making …

Facing a sea of umbrellas in the steady rain, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the Turkish opposition’s challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdogan in next month’s polls, smiles and promises “the return of spring”. He calls the rain “pretty” even though it refuses to stop, dousing the crowd gathered in the northwestern city of Canakkale to hear the discreet 74-year-old, whose azure campaign posters …

A Ukrainian minister ended a visit to India Wednesday after appealing for humanitarian aid and diplomatic backing from New Delhi, which has avoided condemning Russia’s invasion of its European neighbour Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has walked a tightrope between India’s increased security cooperation with Western countries and its reliance on Moscow for defence and oil imports. Emine Dzhaparova, Kyiv’s …

An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf rivals prepare to normalise relations, seven years after an acrimonious split. The announcement came just days after a Saudi delegation made a similar visit to Tehran hot on the heels of a historic meeting in China between the two governments’ foreign ministers …

courtesy by Geo News Members of Congress and elected representatives attend Fort Bend’s annual Iftar dinner held at Sugarland in partnership with community organizations. By: Raja Zahid A Khanzada Houston, TX:  America’s Most Diverse Fort Bend County’s Third Annual Iftar Dinner was held on a grand scale this year at  Sugarland Houston texas . Event was Organized by PABPA(  (Pakistani …