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AT Kabul: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries an “emergency of international concern”. Governments are advised to raise awareness among doctors and hospitals, take protective measures in suspected cases and educate members of the population on how to protect themselves from …

AT Kabul: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks Tuesday with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran. Putin’s visit to Iran, shortly after Biden’s visit to the Middle East, raises questions about this coincidence and whether the visit of the Russian president was in …

AT Kabul: The United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East and leave a vacuum to be filled by Russia, China or Iran, US President Joe Biden has told a summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. Leaders of six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council …

AT Kabul: Following the report regarding UK special forces alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, Amnesty International (AI) called for an immediate investigation. Commandos in the United Kingdom’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps killed at least 54 Afghans in suspicious circumstances during a six-month tour of Helmand province from November …

AT Kabul: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the country, according to a high ranking security official, after mass protest forced him to resign.This came days after Rajapaksa’s planned resignation on Wednesday that would leave him without presidential immunity and potentially exposed to a raft of legal charges in the country.Sri …

Iran plans to send Russia with “up to several hundred” drones to be used in the war in Ukraine, the report says that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], including weapons-capable UAVs, on an expedited timeline.  Iran is also …

AT News KABUL: India at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan called for the protection of the rights of women and girls, including their right to education, The Print reported. Deputy Permanent Representative of India, in a statement by India during the Urgent Debate on “the …

AT Monitoring CHICAGO: At least six people were killed in the horror July 4 attack, with the US still raw from a string of recent mass shootings A person of interest has been arrested after six people were killed in a July 4 parade shooting in Chicago, shattering Independence Day …

AT Monitoring Britain: To mark the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover of their country, Afghan artists are to launch a kite-flying festival across Britain and Europe next month. The Fly With Me festival, taking place in at least 15 towns and cities, will also urge the public to “remember …

AT Monitoring Denmark: A gunman has killed three people and injured another four at a shopping mall in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen. The victims are two Danish 17-year-olds and a 47-year old Russian. Two Danes and two Swedes were wounded – one remains critical. Police said the suspected shooter, 22, had …