Pajhwok Monitor

An Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) delegation is attending the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s pacific port city of Vladivostok, a media report said on Thursday.

Russia has claimed shooting down a fighter jet and 37 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Ukrainian Air Force.

The United States has confirmed seizing the Venezuela president’s airplane, a development marking frosty relations between the two countries.

All 22 people on board a Russian helicopter that crashed in the picturesque Kamchatka peninsula have been killed, says an official.

A massive polio vaccination campaign targeting children under 10 got under way in the embattled Gaza Strip on Sunday morning.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered Russia help in the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, says a media report.

At least 20 Ukrainian drones have been shot down in seven different regions in south Russia, says the Defence Ministry in Moscow.

Iran has reiterated its warning of a retaliatory attack on Israel for assassinating Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

As part of a UAE-mediated prisoner swap deal, 115 Russia servicemen have returned from Ukraine, a media report said on Sunday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, currently on a visit to the Middle East, says Israel has agreed to withdraw some of its army units from the Gaza Strip.

Thirty-five Pakistani pilgrims were killed and 18 others wounded in a bus crash in neighbouring Iran on Wednesday morning, local TV channels reported.

More than 90 people have lost their lives in anti-government protests across Bangladesh, says a media report.