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Bilawal Bhutto defends Imran Khan's Russia visit
During a press conference in New York, the foreign minister was asked about the incumbent government's policy on the "wave of disappointment in the US and Europe for not condemning Russian invasion in Ukraine". "I absolutely would defend the former prime minister of Pakistan," he replied, adding that Pakistan's Prime Minister had conducted the trip as part of his foreign policy "without knowing the conflict would start".
Taliban order Afghanistan's female TV presenters to cover their faces
Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto. The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment. Restrictions are being tightened on women -- they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls, BBC reported.
Sri Lanka defaults on debt for first time in its history
It comes after a 30-day grace period to come up with $78m of unpaid debt interest payments expired on Wednesday. The governor of the South Asian nation's central bank said the country was now in a "pre-emptive default". Later on Thursday, two of the world's biggest credit rating agencies also said Sri Lanka had defaulted. Defaults happen when governments are unable to meet some or all of their debt payments to creditors
Monkeypox spreading fast in Europe, North America: Top 10 facts about the new virus
Monkeypox is mostly being reported in young men and originates in wild animals like rodents and primates. The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring this new outbreak in coordination with health officials. Human cases of the virus, so far, have been reported in countries like the USA, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom and Italy. Until now the cases of this virus were rarely registered outside Africa. Here are 10 facts related to this new virus.
First lady Kim to briefly meet Biden
Biden is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Friday for a three-day visit in the first leg of his first trip to Asia that will also take him to Japan next week. First lady Jill Biden is not traveling together with him, Yonhap news agency reported. Under a diplomatic protocol, it may be inappropriate for Kim to accompany Yoon because the US first lady is not accompanying Biden.
Bilawal accuses previous Imran Khan govt of not fighting terrorism
"Unfortunately, despite having this plan being on consensus, it hasn't been owned and implemented in the way it should have been by the previous government," he said at a news conference here on Thursday. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he asserted, will fight terrorism.
China to work with BRICS to promote common development: Xi
Given the fragile global economic recovery, widening development gap and serious challenges such as climate change and digital governance, the BRICS nations should remain true to the bloc's founding purposes and work with other developing countries to rise to challenges and open up brighter futures, Xi said.
Scholz says no shortcuts to Ukraine's EU membership bid
The European Commission is expected to complete its initial assessment of Ukraine's EU membership application by the end of June, Scholz added on Thursday in his address to the Bundestag, the lower house of the German Parliament. Not allowing shortcuts on the country's road to the EU, however, is an "imperative of fairness" towards the other countries of the Western Balkans, he said.
NATO chief vows to settle Turkey's concerns over expansion
"We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed," he said on Thursday at a press conference held here jointly with his host, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Finland and Sweden have decided to apply for NATO membership. Turkey has said it opposed the two Nordic states' accession to the military alliance, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel's ruling coalition becomes minority after Arab lawmaker resigns
In the letter, the lawmaker said she was quitting because Bennett's government has taken a string of "hawkish and right-wing policies" over the flashpoint holy site of Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem, demolitions of Bedouin homes in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, and other issues relating to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
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