Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been diagnosed with the coronavirus Sunday and canceled his planned travels while he isolates and recuperates.

Kishida developed a slight fever and cough late Saturday and tested positive in a COVID-19 PCR test, said Noriyuki Shikata, the cabinet secretary for public affairs at the prime minister&s...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the UN Security Council not to use sanctions and prohibitions as a means of pressure on the IEA.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday that according to the Doha Agreement, all restrictions and sanctions against IEA officials should be removed and that the...

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While India continues to battle COVID-19 and monkey pox, a new virus known as tomato flu, or tomato fever, has emerged in the state of Kerala in children younger than five years, according to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

The rare viral infection is in an endemic state and is considered non-life threatening. According to reports, 82 children...

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India on Saturday delivered the 10th batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan, India&s foreign ministry said.

The consignment, which is part of India&s humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan program, was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul.

India has so far supplied 32 tons of medical assistance in ten batches to...

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Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached an agreement to issue six-month visas to truck drivers on a reciprocal basis to facilitate cross-border movement of goods between the two countries.

According to Pakistan&s Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar, this move will facilitate cross-border trade.

This comes after Pakistan&s announced on July 5 it...

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The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Haibatullah Akhundzada, announced in a decree Sunday the appointment of Ataullah Omari, former deputy defense minister, as new acting minister of agriculture, irrigation and livestock.

Abdul Rahman Rashid, former minister of agriculture, will now serve as deputy minister of refugees and...

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