A top UN concern is over the treatment of women and girls under the hardline Islamist Taliban. Women's liberties were sharply curtailed during the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule in Afghanistan.

China's embassy in Kabul remains operational, although Beijing began evacuating Chinese citizens from the country months ago as security deteriorated.

Findings on air quality legislation in 194 countries and the European Union (EU), reveal that despite the international movement of pollutants which impact air quality, only one third of the countries studied, have legal mechanisms for managing or addressing transboundary air pollution.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev signed the joint declaration in Azerbaijan's historic city of Shusha, also known as the pearl of Karabakh.

As of now, the conditions have drastically changed. The world is acknowledging Pakistan's significance as a contributor to stability in the region with the events unfolding in Afghanistan.

The hardline Islamists face the enormous challenge of shifting gears from insurgent group to governing power, days after the United States fully withdrew its troops and ended two decades of war.

With the Taliban taking over Kabul, the US government had instantly jammed Afghan reserves to avoid billions landing in the Afghan Taliban's lap.

Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year, according to government figures, compared to just 45 in the United States.

Geelani for over seven decades peacefully supported human rights and freedoms of Kashmiri Muslims including their right to self-determination as enshrined in United Nations Security Council resolutions.

The newly inducted twin-engine jet aircraft is a variant of Brazilian-built state-of-the-art Embraer Jet aircraft globally utilized in air operations.

Here are some of the most important levers the West has to press the Taliban into honouring women’s rights and cooperating with other countries

"There was heavy security at the funeral, including plain clothes policemen," the official said.