Russian politicians and Taliban representatives met in Moscow on Tuesday for a conference marking 100th anniversary of Russian-Afghan relations. The meeting was opened

Before peace talks, Taliban meet Russian officials

Russian politicians and Taliban representatives met in Moscow on Tuesday for a conference marking 100th anniversary of Russian-Afghan relations. The meeting was opened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who pointed out that Russia sees peace as the only possible scenario of settlement in Afghanistan. Referring to the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, co-founder of the Taliban movement Mullah Baradar Abdul Ghani said peace was only possible if foreign interference in Afghanistan is stopped. The meeting precedes Afghan peace talks, scheduled to happen on Wednesday. 

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is again drawing flak for his comments blaming women for the rising sexual violence in the country. In an interview with Ax

Pakistan Prime Minister&nbsp;Imran Khan&nbsp;is again drawing flak for his comments blaming women for the rising sexual violence in the country. In an interview with Axios&rsquo; journalist Jonathan Swan on HBO, which aired on June 20, the prime minister said, &ldquo;If a woman is wearing very few clothes it will have an impact on the man unless they are robots. It&rsquo;s common sense.&rdquo;
Earlier this year, in an interview with Geo News,&nbsp;Khan had made similar comments, stating that sexual violence was a product of &lsquo;obscenity,&rsquo; which he described as a Western import.

Even as some governments and pharma companies plan for a booster shot of Covid vaccines to tackle the more infectious strains, the World Health Organisation has said th

Even as some governments and pharma companies plan for a booster shot of Covid vaccines to tackle the more infectious strains, the World Health Organisation has said that it's too early to say whether it's needed or not.
WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said that the "science is still evolving" on the issue and that there is currently not enough information to recommend one way or the other, news agency Bloomberg has reported. 
Swaminathan termed the calls for booster shots "premature" when even the most high-risk individuals in most countries haven't got their first shot.
Data from countries introducing precautionary extra inoculations later this year -- particularly for vulnerable people whose immunity to SARS-CoV-2 may wane faster -- will inform WHO's guidance, she said.
Covid booster shots are likely to be rolled out in U.K. in the fall to avoid another winter surge.

The World celebrates the 7th International Yoga Day amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme for this year's Yoga day is 'Yoga for wellness'Here's a look at how peopl

The World celebrates the 7th International Yoga Day amid the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;The theme for this year's Yoga day is 'Yoga for wellness' Here's a look at how people around the world celebrated the day of Yoga.

Pakistan National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has ruled out the possibility of a meeting with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperat

Pakistan National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has ruled out the possibility of a meeting with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation states in Tajikistan this week.
 Doval and Yusuf are set to attend the in-person meeting of the secretaries of the security council of the eight SCO member states in Dushanbe during June 22-23. This had triggered speculation about a meeting between the two officials against the backdrop of back-channel contacts between India and Pakistan.
Yusuf was quoted as saying by Pakistan&rsquo;s Dawn newspaper that there is absolutely no possibility of any bilateral meeting with Doval.&nbsp;

Evoking memories of George Flyod, a video of a white police officer appearing to be kneeling on the neck of a Black teenager who is face down on the ground on a Mo

Evoking memories of George Flyod, a video of a&nbsp;white police officer appearing to be kneeling on the neck of a Black teenager who is face down on the ground on a Montreal street went viral on the Internet.
The Canadian police said that they were investigating what happened after a video of the encounter drew an outcry from politicians and human rights advocates, many of whom expressed alarm over the way the 14-year-old appears to have been restrained. Montreal police said that the encounter took place on June 10 after officers were called to the scene of a fight among 15 young people near a high school in Montreal&rsquo;s Villeray neighborhood. They said that two of the youths were armed.

Airspeeder MK3, the world's first flying car that is all set to participate in one of the newest kind of racing leagues, took to the skies for the very f

Airspeeder&nbsp;MK3, the world's first flying car that which is all set to participate in one of the newest kind&nbsp;of racing leagues,&nbsp;took to the skies for the very first time. Alauda&nbsp;Racing, an Australian company revealed Airspeeder&nbsp;MK3 in February, took its maiden flight at an undisclosed location in South Australia, this week.&nbsp; The promotional video released by the company that has now gone viral shows the sleek drone-like car effortlessly taking a flight over the desert-like landscape.&nbsp; The flying car will take part in the Airspeed EXA&nbsp;series of unmanned flying car races.&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Iran's newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi. The PM tweeted that he is looking forward to working with h

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Iran's newly elected President&nbsp;Ebrahim&nbsp;Raisi. The PM tweeted that he is looking forward to working with the Iranian President to further strengthen&nbsp;the warm ties between India and Iran.
Ebrahim&nbsp;Raisi&nbsp;won a landslide victory on Saturday in the country's presidential election. While the&nbsp;voting propelled the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei's protege&nbsp;into Tehran's highest civilian position, the country saw the&nbsp;lowest turnout in&nbsp;Islamic Republic's history.&nbsp;

Pakistan on Saturday said that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement Foreign Min

Pakistan on Saturday said that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography.&nbsp;
Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India must refrain from taking any further illegal steps in Kashmir after its actions of August 5, 2019.
The Pakistani statement came on a day when the Indian government invited 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to participate in a high-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 24, which is expected to set the road map for holding assembly elections in the Union Territory.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since New Delhi abrogated the Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of J&amp;K on August 5, 2019.

As Brazil's Covid-related-death count crossed the mark of half a million, wide-scale protests erupted across the nation against President Jair Bolsonaro's adm

As Brazil's Covid&nbsp;death count crossed the mark of half a million, wide-scale protests erupted across the nation against President Jair&nbsp;Bolsonaro's&nbsp;administration.&nbsp; Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against Bolsonaro's&nbsp;government, who they blame for the country's 'bad situation' at the time of the pandemic. The Anti-government protesters&nbsp;waved flags anti-government slogans printed on it.&nbsp;
Brazil has registered 500,800 deaths from 17,883,750 confirmed Covid&nbsp;infections so far, most after US that has the maximum number of Covid&nbsp;deaths.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an interview given to HBO Axios has said that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an interview given to HBO Axios has said that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory to the United States for any kind of action inside Afghanistan.
Khan&rsquo;s statement came after being asked whether Pakistan would allow the American government to have CIA in the country to conduct cross-border counterterrorism missions against Al-Qaeda, ISIS or the Taliban.
Earlier, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has ruled out the possibility of providing military bases to the United States for counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan.
Taliban has welcomed the Pakistani government's decision not to give its military bases to American forces after their withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Dubai has eased travel restrictions for its residents from certain countries, including India, if they have received two doses of a UAE-approved Covid-19 vaccine. Updat

Dubai has eased travel restrictions for its residents from certain countries, including India, if they have received two doses of a UAE-approved Covid-19 vaccine. Updating Dubai&rsquo;s travel protocols for inbound passengers from South Africa, Nigeria and India the authorities said the new rules will be effective from June 23, the Gulf News reported
With regard to travel from India, only passengers with a valid residence visa who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine, are allowed to travel to Dubai. Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca are approved by the UAE government.
Passengers from India are required to undergo a rapid PCR test four hours prior to departure to Dubai. They must also undergo another PCR test on arrival in Dubai. After arrrival passengers from India should undergo institutional quarantine until they receive their PCR test result, which is expected within 24 hours.

As Islamabad asserted that it is ready to fulfil all obligations under the international law, Pakistan on Saturday accused India of "misrepresenting" the verdict of the

As Islamabad asserted that it is ready to fulfil all obligations under the international law, Pakistan on Saturday accused India of "misrepresenting" the verdict of the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
India on Thursday asked Pakistan to address the "shortcomings" in a bill brought out to facilitate reviewing the case of Jadhav, saying the proposed law does not create a mechanism to reconsider it as mandated by the ICJ.
Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi in New Delhi said the Review and Reconsideration Bill 2020 does not create a mechanism to facilitate effective review and reconsideration of Jadhav's case as mandated by the ICJ judgement. He added that municipal courts cannot be the arbiter of whether a state has fulfilled its obligations in international law.
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.

Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory on Saturday. Raisi took an unassailable lead

Iran&rsquo;s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, won the country&rsquo;s presidential election in a landslide victory on Saturday. Raisi took an unassailable lead in the presidential election after 90 percent of the votes were counted.&nbsp;Interestingly, voting in the Presidential election saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic&rsquo;s history.&nbsp;
Raisi, a prot&eacute;g&eacute; of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei. He will take office in August as Iran seeks to salvage its tattered nuclear deal with major powers and free itself from punishing US sanctions, that have led to a sharp economic downturn. 
72-year-old outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, served two consecutive four-year-terms allowed under the Iranian constitution.

The Palestinian Authority has cancelled a deal under which Israel was to give it at least one million Covid vaccines. The authority said the Pfizer jabs were "about to

The Palestinian Authority has cancelled a deal under which Israel was to give it at least one million Covid vaccines. The authority said the Pfizer jabs were "about to expire." Israel earlier said, it didn't need an ageing stock of vaccines and they could be used to speed up the Palestinian vaccination programme. In return, the Palestinians were to give Israel a similar number of vaccines they are expecting from Pfizer later in the year. However, when the first batch of jabs from Israel arrived, Palestinian officials said they were even nearer their expiry date than expected. About 55% of eligible Israelis have been given both doses as part of a mass vaccination campaign. Some 30% of eligible Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza have received at least one vaccine dose, according to Palestinian officials.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect the elections held in Novembe

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military&nbsp;to respect the elections&nbsp;held in November last year and release political prisoners including,&nbsp;leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The UNGA adopted a resolution with the support of 119 countries,&nbsp;months after the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in a coup in February.&nbsp;Belarus was the only country to oppose the resolution, while 36 nations abstained from the vote, including China, India and Russia.&nbsp;
The UN resolution came after negotiations by a Core Group which includes the European Union, several Western nations and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations&nbsp;ASEAN, which includes Myanmar.
UN&nbsp;Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "we cannot live in a world where military coups become a norm. It is totally unacceptable."

As the world deals with the Delta Covid-19 variant, the World Health Organisation on Friday designated another variant, labelled as 'Lambda', as a 'Variant of Interest'

As the world deals with the Delta Covid-19 variant, the World Health Organisation on Friday designated another variant, labelled as 'Lambda', as a 'Variant of Interest' (VOI).
WHO in it's weekly bulletin said that the Lambda variant was initially detected in Peru in August 2020 and has since been reported in 29 nations around the world, mostly in Latin America, including Argentina and Chile.
The global health body said that the Lambda variant has been monitored "as an alert for an extended period", and has been associated with "substantive rates of community transmission" in multiple countries.
The WHO bulletin, however, also added that there is currently "limited evidence" on the full extent of the impact associated with this variant, and "robust studies need to be conducted into the phenotypic impacts to formulate a plan on countermeasures.

27 nations of the European Union on Wednesday decided to allow United States residents to travel into their countries for non-essential purposes, essentially opening th

27 nations of the European Union on Wednesday decided to allow United States residents to travel into their countries for non-essential purposes, essentially opening the summer vacation season.
Along with opening up the gigantic US market to tourism this summer, the EU added five other nations to their list of approved countries for non-essential travel as Covid cases decline in the region. The EU will soon be lifting restrictions they currently have for countries like Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Australia. However India is still on the restricted list.
Any traveler travelling to the EU will have to furnish results from a negative Covid-19 test or quarantine on arrival, if they choose. Seven countries in Europe, including Greece, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Poland, launched the digital vaccine certificate, also called the Green passport the first week of June, allowing all vaccinated travelers and those presenting evidence of a negative Covid test or antibodies to enter their nations for nonessential purposes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration - but more for confrontation, st

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration - but more for confrontation, state media reported on Friday. The order comes days after the United States and others urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks.
Experts say, Kim's statement indicates he'll likely push to strengthen his nuclear arsenal and increase pressure on Washington to give up what North Korea considers a hostile U.S. policy, though he'll also prepare for talks to resume.
During an ongoing ruling party meeting Thursday, Kim analysed in detail the policy tendencies of the U.S. under President Joe Biden and clarified unspecified steps to be taken in relations with Washington.
Kim "stressed the need to get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation, especially to get fully prepared for confrontation in order to protect the dignity of our state and its interests for independent development and to reliably guarantee the peaceful environment and the security of our state."
In 2018-19, Kim held a series of summits with then-President Donald Trump to discuss his advancing nuclear arsenal. But their negotiations fell apart after Trump rejected Kim's calls for extensive sanctions relief in return for a partial surrender of his nuclear capability. Biden's administration has worked to formulate a new approach on North Korea's nuclear program that it describes as "calibrated and practical."

Israel will provide around one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority ahead of their expiry, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday.

Israel will provide around one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority ahead of their expiry, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office in a joint statement with the defence and health ministries said, the vaccines are being sent under a sharing deal with Palestine, to boost the vaccination campaign in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Under the terms of the deal, Israel will receive in return a reciprocal number of doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the Palestinian Authority, later this year.
Around 55% of eligible Israelis are fully vaccinated - a turnout largely unchanged by this month's expansion of eligibility to include 12- to 15-year-olds.
Some 30% of eligible Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have received at least one vaccine dose, according to Palestinian officials.
The Palestinians have received vaccine doses from Israel, Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates and the global COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.

In a historic move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the first judge of colour to sit on Canada’s supreme court, which has only ever had white

In a historic move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the first judge of colour to sit on the country's supreme court. Canada's top court has only had white justices in its 146-year existence.
Trudeau has nominated Mahmud Jamal, who has been a judge on Ontario&rsquo;s court of appeal since 2019 and will replace Justice Rosalie Abella. Trained as a lawyer, he appeared in 35 appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada on civil, constitutional, criminal, and regulatory issues.
Jamal was born in 1967 into an Indian family in Nairobi and raised in Britain before moving to Canada in 1981.
In a tweet, Trudeau said, &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be a valuable asset to the supreme court - and that&rsquo;s why, today, I&rsquo;m announcing his historic nomination to our country&rsquo;s highest court&rdquo;.

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