 | Pakistan PM meets senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi, pledges to strengthen bilateral ties"China has always prioritized Pakistan in developing its relations with neighbouring countries and will further strengthen policy communication and development strategy alignment," said Yang Jiechi. |
 | NATO will be more secure with Sweden, Finland's membership: US President Joe BidenTaking to Twitter, Biden said, "The NATO Alliance is proud to invite Finland and Sweden to become members." |
 | Cambodia's foreign minister to make second visit to Myanmar as ASEAN special envoyState-run television MRTV reported that the minister Prak Sokhonn and his party were welcomed by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after their arrival in Yangon on Wednesday. |
 | Women not to be part of religious gathering; men will speak on their behalf, says TalibanOver 3,000 religious scholars, tribal elders, and national traders will attend the gathering at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul on Thursday without the participation of women, stated the deputy PM. |
 | Iran-US nuclear deal talks in Qatar end with no progressIt remains unclear when or if there will be another round of negotiations with Iran and the US blaming each other for the talks' failure. |
 | Sri Lanka: Bunker licence holders to import and supply jet fuel on immediate basisDespite the immediate approval to import and supply jet fuel, it's likely to take another 10-12 days for the bunker licence holders to bring in the first jet fuel shipment to the country. |
 | Hong Kong bars some journalists from 25th handover anniversary, citing security reasonsThe journalists represent at least seven media outlets, including international news agencies Reuters and Agence France-Presse and several others from Hong Kong. |
 | Migrants in Libya forced into rape in exchange for food: UNMigrants are routinely detained by authorities, human traffickers and others in Libya - a key departure point for tens of thousands of people mainly from sub-Saharan Africa hoping to reach Europe. |
 | NATO calls Russia its 'most significant and direct threat'However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to defeat Moscow's forces. |
 | China rebukes NATO for 'Cold War mentality'Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said NATO should give up zero-sum game and the practice of creating enemies, and not try to mess up Asia and the whole world after disrupting Europe. |
 | Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes for fuller NATO embrace, more arms to defeat RussiaZelenskyy asked for more modern artillery systems and other weapons and warned the leaders that they either had to provide Ukraine with the help or face a delayed war between Russia and themselves. |
 | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican despite abortion stancePelosi’s home archbishop in San Francisco, had said that he will no longer allow her to receive the sacrament in his archdiocese because of her support for abortion rights. |
 | Taliban and US officials to meet amid quake relief effortsNews of a meeting between Taliban government officials and U.S. officials was confirmed by Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmad. |
 | Ousted Pak PM Imran Khan earned Rs 36 million by illegally selling three gifted watches: ReportAccording to Pakistan's law, any gift received from dignitaries of a foreign state must be put in the state depository or the Toshakhana. |
 | Sri Lankan Tamil parties seek India's intervention to conduct provincial electionsIn March last year, India at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva stressed that there is a need for Sri Lanka to hold provincial elections as soon as possible. |
