The emergency funding, aimed at averting a humanitarian crisis in the face of drought and political upheaval, could see US dollar bills flown into Kabul for distribution via banks in payments of less than $200 directly to the poor without the Taliban's involvement.

Taiwan's President Tsai said that Taiwan does not seek military confrontation. It hopes for a peaceful, stable, predictable, and mutually beneficial coexistence with its neighbors. But Taiwan will also do whatever it takes to defend its freedom and democratic way of life.

Turkey has made a request to the US to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets. The deal is still working its way through the Foreign Military Sales process which will be approved by the US State Department and the US Congress which can also block deals.

Both the countries are initiators and members of the Astana format (talks aimed to end the Syrian crisis), stressing that they “are firmly determined to continue contributing to the advancement of the political process in Syria” on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

The talks will follow a G20 summit on Afghanistan on October 12 that will seek to help the country avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in the wake of the Taliban takeover. The Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said that Russia will invite the Taliban as well.

“[The] UK decides gora certificates [and] vaccines are okay but most non-gora vaccine certificates [and] Chinese vaccines are not. This is despite widespread evidence of fake certificates in [the] US [and] Europe," said Asad Umar in a tweet.

Oil trade between Iran and South Korea witnessed a drop as the US slapped sanctions on Iran. Moreover, as per Iran, South Korea took delivery of oil but did not pay for it. Therefore a row between Iran and South Korea is intensifying, with Tehran threatening legal action.

Democratically ruled Taiwan has sought support from other democracies, especially the United States and its allies, amid the growing military and political pressure from China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and frequently carries out air force incursions.

The South Korean JCS in its annual parliamentary audit report said that Seoul is enhancing its attack and missile defense capabilities. As the North provokes the South by test-firing missiles, South Korea will further develop the Korea-U.S. tailored deterrence strategies.

Chiu, a retired army general, warned that Beijing will “have the ability to mount a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025.” The predictions come amid soaring tensions as China sent warplanes nearly 150 times into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in the past few days.

As the UK undergoes a massive fuel crisis, PM Boris Johnson vowing a far-reaching overhaul to improve UK's economy. British businesses will have to invest in their workers and in technology to push the country towards a high wage, high skill, high productivity economy.

President Biden says that he spoke with China's President Xi about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the "Taiwan agreement." Biden also said that he made it clear that China should not be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement.