The United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting the technology sector, a sanctions evasion network and what it called &malicious cyber actors& while paving the way to act against additional sectors in response to President Vladimir Putin&s assault on Ukraine.

&We will continue to target...

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Japan said on Friday it was freezing the assets of four Russian organisations, three Russian individuals and six North Korean individuals for involvement in North Korea&s weapons projects, according to a statement from the foreign ministry.

North Korea late last month tested a huge new intercontinental missile, prompting the United States to...

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Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) told delegates attending a conference in China on Thursday that the government is working to make sure the political structure in Afghanistan is inclusive.

Addressing delegates attending the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan&s Neighboring...

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A delegation from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to China attended the Troika Plus meeting on Thursday and discussed a number of important issues, Afghanistan&s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The meeting discussed human and economic challenges, positive developments and opportunities in Afghanistan, the statement read.

Accordin...

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that nine million people in Afghanistan are at risk of famine and that about 95 percent of people in the country do not have enough food to eat.

Addressing delegates attending the UN&s high-level Pledging Event on Afghanistan, Guterres said the massive humanitarian response in Afghanistan...

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Russia has accredited an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) official to work in Moscow on behalf of the new Kabul administration but remains concerned about the threat of Islamist groups spilling over into Russia via Central Asia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Despite not having officially recognized the IEA as the government...

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