G20 nations are looking at various policy tools to boost the global economy amid the pandemic, with these countries also looking at extending debt relief for some of the world's poorest nations. ( read original story ...)
Coffin Carrying US Soldier Arrives in Texas After Death in Afghanistan
The body of a Texas soldier who died in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan arrived home on July 17 in San Antonio, where the military provided a dignified transfer of his coffin. According to the ... ( read original story ...)
Teenage girls breathe hope into Afghanistan with Covid ventilator made of old car parts
A group of teenage girls in Afghanistan has built a ventilator using old car parts to help overcome desperate shortages in their country’s fight against Covid-19.Few countries are as ill-equipped to ... ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan: Ghani says fate of imprisoned government forces must be clarified for peace talks
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 18 (ANI): As peace talks between the government and the Taliban seem to be imminent, President Ashraf Ghani said that the peace process will be unable to move forward until ... ( read original story ...)
Coming Back to Afghanistan: Deported Minors’ Needs at a Time of COVID-19
English Analysis on Afghanistan about Education, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 18 Jul 2020 by Samuel Hall and War Child UK ... ( read original story ...)
Kidnapped Sikh community leader in Afghanistan released: MEA
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Nidan Singh Sachdeva, a Sikh community leader of Afghanistan who was kidnapped in Paktia province last month, was released from captivity on Saturday, the Ministry of External ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Forges New Path for Food Exports to China Amid Pandemic
Thailand is turning to a less-traveled path to bypass supply-chain roadblocks and deliver perishables to China, its biggest customer in Asia. ( read original story ...)
Rouhani says 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus, as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere. ( read original story ...)
Iran’s message to its people: If you revolt, you die
Also in June, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shut down Iran's biggest anti-poverty NGO, the Imam Ali Society, and arrested its founding director, Sharmin Meymandi Nejad, citing ... ( read original story ...)
Iran says it has sent Ukraine airliner black boxes to France
Iran has sent to France the black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January, a foreign ministry official said in a media report Saturday. "The black boxes were ... ( read original story ...)