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AFP/APPGeneva: Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday expressed optimism over a “new window of opportunity” emerging from renewed nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, saying the negotiations could pave the way for a lasting resolution…

News Desk/AgenciesGeneva: The United States and Iran are set to hold indirect talks in Geneva on Tuesday aimed at resolving their long-standing nuclear dispute, as tensions remain high and Washington reinforces its military presence in…

APPNew York: Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.…

AFP/APPWashington: Former US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as he seeks to close a deal to end the war in Ukraine.…

AFP/APPGeneva: An alarming streak of exceptional temperatures has put 2025 on course to be among the hottest years ever recorded, the United Nations said Thursday, insisting though that the trend could still be reversed.While this…

AFP/APPGeneva: Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought globally, with cascading repercussions for societies, the United Nations warned on Thursday.The UN’s World Meteorological…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s fight against polio has suffered a serious setback after international funding for eradication efforts was reduced by up to 20 percent, largely due to a cut in US contributions to global health…

AFP/APPTehran: Nuclear talks scheduled for Tuesday between Iran and Britain, France and Germany will be held in Geneva, Iranian state media reported.“On Tuesday, Iran and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, along…

AFP/APPGeneva: Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according to an analysis funded by a waste pickers' union."Plastic is not good for me," she told AFP…

AFP/APPGeneva: Negotiations on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have hit a deadlock, with oil-producing countries resisting production limits and talks descending into what diplomats describe as a “dialogue of the deaf.”The…