ISLAMABAD (SW) – Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties have reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, they say, days after inconclusive national elections did not return a clear majority.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has rejected concerns raised in Munich, Germany regarding human rights situation in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Doha, the capital of Qatar, is hosting a two-day meeting on Afghanistan, hosted by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that “any self-serving and fanciful claims regarding the legality of the Pak-Afghan border, (Durand Line), cannot change the facts of geography, history and international law.”
MONITORING (SW) – Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a request by South Africa to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah.
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that Azerbaijan is going to activate its embassy and establish diplomatic presence in Kabul.
MONITORING (SW) – The Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted the Star Iris, a commercial ship carrying corn from Brazil to Iran.
KABUL (SW) – Officials of the de-facto government stated that two members of the Islamic Emirate has been released from Guantanamo prison on Monday.
MONITORING (SW) – The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Rafah in southern Gaza has risen to over 100, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Monday.
MONITORING (SW) – An Israeli drone raid that hit a car 35km (22 miles) from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least two people, but a Hamas official who was the target survived the attack, security sources told Al Jazeera.
