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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steve Witkoff, special envoy of US President Donald Trump, in Moscow on Wednesday.

In a crucial push to confront one of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges, international negotiators have convened in Geneva for a 10-day summit aimed at finalising a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has placed former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for allegedly violating judicial restrictions and seeking political intervention from the United States.

At least 74 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across various parts of Gaza, according to media reports on Tuesday.

At least 65 African migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, a media report said on Monday.

At least 62 Palestinians—most of them seeking humanitarian aid—have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, a media report said on Sunday.

Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian is set to arrive in Islamabad tomorrow (Saturday) on an official visit at the invitation of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will officially recognize Palestine as an independent state at the upcoming 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, according to media reports, according to media reports.

At least 18 migrants have died and around 50 others are missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya, a media report said on Wednesday.

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake has struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday. A tsunami, with waves reaching heights of 3-4 metres, has been recorded in parts of Kamchatka in Russia.

At least 17 people, including a child, have been killed and 11 others injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Ecuador, according to media reports.

At least 38 people were killed and more than 15 others injured in an attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to media reports.