Pakistan&s Punjab banned entry to many public spaces from Friday, including parks and zoos, as it sought to protect people from severe air pollution in parts of the eastern province.

The provincial capital Lahore has been engulfed in a thick, smoky haze this week and was consistently rated the world&s most polluted city by Swiss group...

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Japan&s ambassador in Kabul Takayoshi Kuromiya has announced that his country plans to host an international conference on Afghanistan&s cultural heritage to draw the world&s attention to its preservation.

Kuromiya announced this during a meeting with Atiqullah Azizi, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture.

According to the...

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The amount of finance provided to developing countries to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change is far short of the $359 billion a year needed even after the biggest annual increase yet, a U.N. report on Thursday showed.

Funding from the developed world hit $28 billion in 2022 after a $6 billion rise, the most in any one year since the...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. election, praised him for showing courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him, and said Moscow was ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect.

In his first public remarks since Trump&s win, Putin said Trump had acted like a real man...

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An Indian delegation that visited Kabul earlier this week discussed humanitarian assistance and how the business community in Afghanistan can utilize the Chabahar port, New Delhi said on Thursday.

&Providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan is an important part of our assistance program,& Indian foreign ministry spokesman Randhir...

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The CIS Executive Committee supported the proposition of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to set up a joint working group to establish a plan for establishing a security belt around Afghanistan, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev stated.&& As for the Afghan issue, which will likewise be considered today, the CIS Executive Committee has completely ...

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