Russia will start financing construction of its anticipated sprawling industrial zone in Egypt, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vasily Osmakov said on Friday.
"We will start funding construction of the Russian industrial zone in Egypt (...)
The "Peace Mission 2021" counter-terrorism military drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states wrapped up on Friday in Russia.
The military exercise was successful and all the tasks were finished, Commander of the Russian (...)
The top U.S. military officer met with his Russian counterpart Wednesday, against the backdrop of U.S. struggles to get military basing rights and other counterterrorism support in countries bordering Afghanistan, a move Moscow has flatly (...)
The ruling emir of Qatar, whose nation has played a pivotal role in Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal, urged world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday against turning their backs on the country's Taliban rulers.
Speaking (...)
The "Peace Mission 2021," a counter-terrorism military exercise for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, officially started on Monday in Orenburg, Russia.
The participants are from eight SCO member states, including China, Russia, (...)
Pakistan's prime minister says he has ``initiated a dialogue`` with the Taliban to prod them to form an inclusive government that would ensure peace and stability not only in Afghanistan but also in the region.
Imran Khan tweeted on Saturday that (...)
A month after the fall of Kabul, the world is still wrestling with how to help Afghanistan's impoverished people without propping up their Taliban leaders _ a question that grows more urgent by the day.
With the Afghan government severed from the (...)
Recent pictures of US troops leaving Afghanistan and desperate attempts to evacuate foreigners and Afghans from the country as they did so have not appeared unfamiliar to many as they revive memories of similar images that swept the world during the (...)
Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, and Governor of Egypt at the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), has received Hani Sonbol, CEO of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), to discuss boosting (...)
Pakistan is hosting a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from countries neighboring Afghanistan to discuss the situation there.
A foreign ministry statement said Wednesday's meeting will be attended by China, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and (...)
"The lands beyond the river" conjures up the history of the early Islamic conquests of the area between the Jayhun (Amur Darya) River in the south and the Sihun (Syr Darya) River in the north of Central Asia.
Today, this area roughly comprises the (...)
Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development and Governor of Egypt at the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) met, on Monday, with Umurzakov Sardor Uktamovich, Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Foreign Economic Affairs and (...)
Egypt has succeeded in getting the approval of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) to host its annual meetings next year.
The move reflects IsDB and member countries' respect for the Egyptian role in the Group, (...)
Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait held four bilateral meetings with his counterparts in Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Sudan, on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Uzbekistan.
The ministers (...)
Germany says it is committed to helping people still in Afghanistan seeking to get out, as well as those who have already fled as refugees.
At the start of a four-day, five-country trip focused on evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister (...)
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday's deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
Despite years of (...)
The German defense minister says her country has ended its evacuation mission in Afghanistan.
Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening. (...)
Russia is preparing to evacuate more than 500 people on four military planes from Afghanistan _ its first airlift operation since evacuations from Kabul began.
The Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it will airlift the nationals of Russia, (...)
In the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, China has seen the realization of long-held hopes for a reduction of the influence of a geopolitical rival in what it considers its backyard.
Yet, it is also deeply concerned that the very withdrawal could (...)
Pakistan`s foreign minister has urged the Taliban and other leaders in neighboring Afghanistan to try to reach an inclusive political settlement as soon as possible.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi issued the appeal Monday at a news conference ahead of his (...)
Russia's president has criticized Western nations for seeking to temporarily house Afghan refugees in Central Asian countries, citing security concerns for Russia.
Speaking at a meeting with top officials of the Kremlin's United Russia party on (...)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 13 countries have thus far agreed to at least temporarily host at-risk Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan and a dozen more have agreed to serve as transit points for evacuees, including Americans and (...)
The island kingdom of Bahrain has said it is ``allowing flights to make use of Bahrain's transit facilities'' amid the evacuations of Afghanistan.
The kingdom made the announcement in a statement released early Saturday.
Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf (...)
A Dutch military transport plane has arrived in Amsterdam carrying people evacuated from Kabul.
The Ministry of Defense says that a C-17 plane landed late Wednesday night at Schiphol airport. On board were 35 Dutch nationals along with citizens from (...)
An Afghan military plane was downed by Uzbekistan's air defense system on Sunday over an attempt to illegally enter the country's air space, Uzbek authorities said Monday.
The downing took place in southeastern Uzbekistan, in the Surkhandarya region (...)
