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Pakistan, Afghanistan officials meet in China’s Urumqi under trilateral mechanism

Officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and China are meeting on Wednesday in the Chinese city of Urumqi under the trilateral mechanism, said a senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan on February 26, diplomatic contact between the two sides had largely ceased. The MoFA official, who asked not to be named due to the s...

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China opposes Philippines renaming disputed South China Sea islands

Manila will rename more than 100 reefs, islands and other features in the Spratly archipelago.

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‘An incredible feeling’: Turkiye beat Kosovo to end 24-year World Cup wait

Turkiye secure a return to football's biggest tournament for the first time since 2002, when they finished third.

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Pakistan, Afghanistan officials meet in China’s Urumqi under trilateral mechanism

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China opposes Philippines renaming disputed South China Sea islands

Manila will rename more than 100 reefs, islands and other features in the Spratly archipelago.

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‘An incredible feeling’: Turkiye beat Kosovo to end 24-year World Cup wait

Turkiye secure a return to football's biggest tournament for the first time since 2002, when they finished third.

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Beijing says cremated spy remains returned from Taiwan are reminder of ‘heroic deeds’

Beijing has confirmed receiving the cremated remains of historic Communist Party spies from Taiwan and hailed historic “martyrs” as encouragement in its pursuit of reunification. Zhang Han, spokeswoman for the mainland’s...

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Pakistan, Afghanistan officials to meet in China’s Urumqi under trilateral mechanism

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Rights group condemns Hong Kong company tests on severed animal heads, limbs

Thirty-eight such experiments had been conducted by Hong Kong Technology Venture since 2022.

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