Afghan Taliban deny replacing Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund
The rumours of the replacement emerged after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul unannounced on March 24.
South Asia
41 Bangladeshis return after serving jail terms in Myanmar prisons
They returned to Bangladesh following a flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh and Myanmar's Border Guard Police.
China supports Pakistan’s ‘core’ interests: Wang Yi at OIC meet
Foreign Minister Wang started the meeting by calling his Pakistani counterpart Qureshi “Bhaijaan” (brother), signifying the close strategic ties between the two countries.
‘We have failed Kashmiris and Palestinians,’ PM Imran tells OIC moot
He cautioned that unless the OIC was united on core issues, human rights abuses would keep happening such as the "daylight robbery in Palestine".
Afghan govt decides against sending foreign minister Muttaqi to OIC summit
This time around, the Taliban government has downgraded the level of its participation in the OIC summit by sending an Afghan foreign ministry official rather than its minister.
The Taliban’s dilemma
The writer says what the Taliban need is a step in the right direction and developing the capacity to transform their militancy into political rule.
18 Bangladeshi fishermen taken away by Myanmar border guard
All 18 fishermen are residents of Shahparir Dwip in Teknaf upazila.
Dhaka’s abstention in Ukraine vote is an anomaly
Many in Bangladesh say it's consistent with the country's foreign policy, and that the vote was a continuation of its earlier positions in the UN.
Russia-Ukraine conflict has major economic implications: External affairs minister
He also said the impact of the conflict on energy and commodity prices was already visible and the disruption of the global supply chain was expected to be significant
No indication India’s missile launch into Pakistan was anything other than accident: US
The projectile travelled 124 kilometres inside Pakistani territory in three minutes and 44 seconds.