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Torkham Border closed for Afghan nationals sans visas, passports

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): The Torkham border, a crucial crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been shut for Afghan ...

US officials to visit Pakistan in December to discuss Afghanistan, other issues

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): United States officials will visit Pakistan in December to hold consultations about several issues including ...

Iran prohibits entry for Afghan migrants in 16 provinces

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): Iran has prohibited the entry of Afghan nationals and their settlements in 16 provinces of ...

Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urges Nawaz Sharif to fight polls on "ideology", not "with the help of administration"

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari (PPP) urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif ...

Paris Police Arrest Suspect in Attacks that Killed 1, Injured 2

PARIS - French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with ...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Nov. 26Dec. 2

Editor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA ...

Pakistan: Balochistan caretaker Minister alleges Taliban of playing 'double game'

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai alleged Taliban of playing the double game instead ...

Islamist stabs three people in central Paris interior minister

The assailant shouted ?Allahu Akbar?, Gerald Darmanin saidOne person was killed and two others were wounded in a stabbing attack ...

Passenger Bus Comes Under Deadly Attack in Pakistan

Islamabad - Unknown gunmen in northern Pakistan shot at a bus on Saturday, killing at least eight passengers and wounding ...

Pakistan sends back 4,02,312 'illegal' Afghans to their homeland

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): At least 4,02,312 illegal foreigners, including Afghans, have so far been repatriated to their home ...

Afghan women still face arrests, threats, suppression: Human Rights Watch

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has said women in Afghanistan still face arrests, threats and suppression, TOLO ...

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Casualties mount again in Gaza as bombardments gather pace

Israel intensified its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip Saturday as renewed fighting with Hamas entered a second day following ...

Nikki Haley's 2024 Republican presidential bid endorsed by Koch Group

ARLINGTON, Virginia: This week, the conservative U.S. political network Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), led by billionaire Charles Koch, ...

Chinese court to examine disappearance of Malaysia Airlines jet

BEIJING, China: The Chaoyang District Intermediary Court in Beijing has begun compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of those who ...

Israel ignores U.S., as civilian casualties start mounting in Gaza again

Israel resumed its military operation in the Gaza Strip on Friday with heavy bombardments. As strikes continue, the United States ...

Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment: CSX

LIVINGSTON, Kentucky: CSX railroad said that a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment on November 22 ...

Finland says Russia to blame for migrant crowding eastern border

HELSINKI, Finland: After Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) earlier this year, hundreds of migrants from the Middle ...

Business

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FAA's new aircraft certification policy changes key flight controls

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it implemented a new aircraft certification policy, which requires ...

US economy grew faster than forecast in third quarter

WASHINGTON D.C.: As businesses built more warehouses and accumulated machinery equipment, the U.S. economy grew faster than initially forecast in ...

RSV vaccine makers must meet demand: White House

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the White House said that Senior Biden administration officials met with the makers of respiratory syncytial ...

On eve of COP28 to debate climate change, US begins oil, gas auctions

CHEYENNE, Wyoming: This week, the Biden administration raised US$3.4 million from a sale of oil and gas drilling rights in ...

Across-the-board rally on U.S. stock markets Friday

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks extended their rally on Friday despite remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...

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