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KABUL (Pajhwok): European countries sent small numbers of military personnel to Greenland on Thursday as Denmark said it was moving ahead with plans for a

KABUL (Pajhwok): At a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran, the United States said all options regarding Iran remain on the table, Iran warned

The UN Security Council (UNSC) will meet on Thursday to discuss the situation in Iran, according to a spokeswoman for Somalia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Somalia holds the rotating presidency of the council for January.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of the US mediation plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

Following recent unrest in Iran, US President Donald Trump has said he has been informed that the “killings” in the country have stopped. In response, Iran’s Foreign Minister claimed that “terrorist elements” were responsible for the violence, accusing them of deliberately increasing casualties to provoke US intervention.

The Trump administration has announced a pause on immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Fox News reports.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three diplomats have told Reuters that some personnel at the US  military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar have been advised to leave

The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan has announced that the country has resolved key organizational issues related to the Afghan–Trans Railway project and work is now underway to prepare a feasibility study for the initiative.

At least 22 people were killed and around 80 others injured when a construction crane fell onto a passenger train in Thailand on Wednesday morning.

The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iran immediately, according to a media report on Tuesday.

At least six Pakistani policemen were killed and as many others wounded in two separate explosions in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, media reports said.

At least 71,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 171,000 others injured in Israeli attacks since the start of the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.