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Washington: The UK, US and Australia have announced a special security pact to share advanced defence technologies, in an effort to counter China. The partnership will enable Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first…

Kabul: Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new Higher Education minister said.…

Washington: The FBI released a newly declassified 16-page document related to logistical support provided to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document describes contacts the…

Kabul: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the resistance forces in Panjshir valley, is still in Afghanistan but 70 per cent of the main streets in Panjshir are under the control of the Taliban, Iranian news agency Fars has reported. The…

Washington: The September 11 attacks were a devastating blow to US national identity, threatening the public’s sense of safety. After the attacks, counterterrorism and the politics of fear dominated American political discourse and…

Geneva: The Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) called for global governance and recommended the establishment of a Global Health Board "under the auspices of the…

New York: A former nurse and Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman has been sentenced to over three years in prison for her role in the suspected sex cult. She pleaded guilty to the offences in 2019. Investigators say Nxivm was a…

Kabul: Scores of women in Kabul and the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan protested against the all-male interim Taliban government, that is set to rule Afghanistan. Demonstrators said they would not accept a government with no…

Mexico City: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday near the Pacific coast, the National Seismological Service said, shaking buildings in the capital several hundred kilometers away. The epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven…

Mexico City: Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion as a crime, a landmark ruling that clears the way for the legalization of abortion across the country. "Today is a historic day for the rights…