Chinese foreign minister lands in Kabul on unannounced visit
The visit comes a week before Beijing hosts a conference of Afghanistan's neighbours on how to assist the Taliban government.
South Asia
Ukrainian crisis likely a factor in Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to India
Both India and China have refused thus far to directly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, albeit for different reasons.
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.
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.