The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeover.

Japan’s defence ministry said yesterday that a submarine believed to be from China was spotted in waters near its southern islands, as maritime tensions persist in the Pacific.

At least 14 people were killed and another three injured when lightning struck two houses in northwestern Pakistan, officials said yesterday.

Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban’s new higher education minister said yesterday.

Habibullah Farzad, a Ph.D. scholar of the South Asian University, New Delhi and also a human rights activist, was beaten

US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel who fled to Uzbekistan and were held in an Uzbek camp for about a month started departing the country on Sunday, a pilot told Reuters.

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government said Sunday.

Japan's defence ministry said on Sunday that a submarine believed to be from China was spotted in waters near its southern islands, as maritime tensions persist in the Pacific.

Afghanistan marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in muted fashion yesterday with the Taliban firmly in charge, two decades after being ousted for hosting the architects of the US attacks.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for an injection of cash into Afghanistan to avoid an economic meltdown that would spark a “catastrophic” situation for the Afghan people and be a “gift for terrorist groups.”

War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the United States on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that prompted a U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the toppling of its Taliban rulers.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume flights from Islamabad to Kabul next week, a spokesman for the airline told AFP Saturday, becoming the first foreign commercial flight service to the Afghanistan capital since the Taliban seized power last month.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday offered to introduce political reforms including new laws to prevent defections and limit the term of a premier to 10 years, in an effort to win opposition support for his leadership.

Myanmar troops killed several members of a local “defence force” in a day of clashes, the junta said yesterday, with local residents and media reporting at least 10 dead.

The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan is at risk of “total breakdown” if the international community does not find a way to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government.

At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between militias and Myanmar's ruling military, a witness and local media said on Friday, in the worst violence since opponents of the junta called this week for a "people's defensive war".

Japan's popular coronavirus vaccination minister, Taro Kono, announced his candidacy on Friday to lead the ruling party and, by extension, become the next prime minister, highlighting his image as an outspoken reformer with a conservative streak.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today filed her nomination papers for the September 30 Bhabanipur assembly by-poll she must win to retain her executive post.

Afghan staff of the United Nations are being increasingly subjected to harassment and intimidation since the Taliban came to power last month, the UN special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said on Thursday.

The Taliban was businesslike, "professional" and cooperative in facilitating the latest evacuation of US nationals from Afghanistan, the White House said Thursday.