Afghan Post connects Afghans with world, upgrades service
Waiting for his turn to deliver several newly issued passports to their owners in Sara-e-Shamali and Khair Khana neighborhoods in…
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754 bear sightings reported across Mongolia
At least 754 bear sightings have been reported across Mongolia since spring this year. More than 80 percent of the…
Major flooding hits Bangkok
Authorities in Thailand’s capital have declared a state of emergency across all 50 of Bangkok’s districts following heavy rain that…
China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use
Edward Rhys Jones, University of Oxford Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container…
North Korea grows stronger as South Korea reckons with fading US support
Virginie Grzelczyk, Aston University According to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea is preparing to send as many as 50,000…
The Taliban has brought Afghanistan close to collapse, but resistance is growing
Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan,…
Myanmar floods leave 32,000 people at risk of deepening hunger, WFP says
The UN World Food Programme has launched an emergency response in Myanmar, where monsoon flooding threatens to push already vulnerable…
Trafficking victims forced to run online scams deserve protection, not prosecution, says UN agency
Organised crime networks are trafficking hundreds of thousands of people into forced labour inside online scam compounds, according to the…
DR Congo: Ebola Bundibugyo treatment trials begin, WHO says
The World Health Organization has welcomed the start of clinical trials for potential treatments for Ebola Bundibugyo disease in the…