The retaliatory move comes after a German court ruled that Russia was behind a 2019 assassination of a man in Berlin's Tiergarten park. Berlin had expelled two Russian diplomats in response. Russia ordered two German diplomats to leave on Monday
China's UN Ambassador Zhang Jun Humanitarian said aid and life-saving assistance must be able to reach the Afghan people without any hindrance. He further added that artificially created conditions or restrictions are not acceptable.
A key Democratic senator, Joe Manchin, has said he will vote against the administration’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan. Pointing out to other risks such as the omicron variant and rising tensions with Russia and China, Manchin argued that the bill would raise the US debt.
Saudi Arabia and Iran, the region's Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite powerhouses, launched direct talks this year at a time global powers are trying to salvage a nuclear pact with Tehran and as U.N.-led efforts to end the Yemen war stall.
The OIC secretary-general said that the role of OIC members in delivering humanitarian assistance was more important now than ever before as the pandemic had exacerbated existing challenges.
The interim Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi said Pakistan always stood by the people of Afghanistan and would continue to do so in the future as well. He hoped that the moot would have a positive outcome to resolve Afghanistan’s economic issues.