HANGZHOU, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan and Qatar secured their berths in the men's volleyball semifinals with victories in the 1st-6th classification at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday. Japan delivered a 10-6 run in the first set through their outstanding attacks and blocks. Although India kept replacing players, ...
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Islamabad — Critics are skeptical about whether a recently reported rare meeting between the reclusive supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban and the prime minister of Qatar would lead to the removal of sweeping restrictions imposed on Afghan women's access to education and work.Hibatullah Akhundzada's secret talks with Qatari Prime ...
ANKARAThe leaders of Qatar, Hungary, Somalia and Pakistan were among the first heads of state and government on Sunday to congratulate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is leading in the presidential runoff election."My dear brother, congratulations on your victory, and I wish you success in your new term, and ...
Doha, Qatar – An international conference on Afghanistan organised by the United Nations has ended in the Qatari capital with no formal acknowledgment of the Taliban, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was not the right time for him to directly engage with the Afghan rulers. “The meeting ...
The Indian nationals are accused of passing along information about a stealth-capable submarine.Eight Indian nationals have been imprisoned in Qatar for months for spying on a submarine programme on behalf of Israel and could potentially face the death penalty, according to media reports. The eight individuals are former officers ...
Islamabad — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began two days of private discussions in Qatar on Monday with special envoys from various countries on how to sustain humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to place restrictions on Afghan women and girls.The U.N.-convened meeting in Doha, Qatar, is ...
KARACHI, PakistanUN-led talks opened Monday in the Qatari capital, Doha to discuss ways to deal with Afghanistan's incumbent regime and its treatment of women in the absence of the Taliban, apart from inclusive governance, countering terrorism and drug trafficking.Representatives from 25 countries and groups, including the US, China, Russia, ...
Talks will include diplomatic envoys and aid donors as the UN plans to press the Taliban to ease restrictions on women.Doha, Qatar – The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha, with the Afghan group governing the South Asian country saying that ...