Afghanistan

Iranian state television today featured a man who appeared to be the high-ranking commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, in a ceremony for a Revolutionary Guards of Iran commander killed in Lebanon.

The 26 poorest countries in the world, which collectively house 40% of the globe's most impoverished population, have accumulated significant debt since 2006. According to a new report from the World Bank, these nations are increasingly susceptible to natural disasters and economic shocks, as reported by Reuters and BTA.

Ismail Qaani first became known to the wider Western public in 2020 when he was chosen to replace Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by an American drone outside Baghdad Airport.

The second exhibition of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2024, an international news photography contest, will open in New York on Oct. 15.

The Turkish House (Türkevi) will welcome the selection of works of 32 award-winning photographers in the contest organized by state-run Anadolu Agency.

The Turkish eastern city of Erzurum has launched an endeavor to showcase its abundant cultural wealth to the world by developing a new tourism route after it was designated as the "tourism capital" of 2025 by the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

An Afghan man was arrested in Oklahoma on suspicion of planning “terrorist attack” on the day of the Presidential Election, the US Justice Department announced yesterday (Tuesday).

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) had ruled Friday that gender and nationality alone were sufficient for a country to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban have sharply curtailed women's rights.

“Our enemy is one,” declared Iran’s Supreme Religious Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his sermon after Friday prayers.

In a poignant story emerging from Mytilene Hospital, a newborn baby girl has captured the hearts of the staff in the obstetrics clinic. Born on September 10, 2024, to a mother who arrived prematurely from the Turkish coast, the baby’s entry into the world was overshadowed by a tragic circumstance: her mother, reportedly a victim of rape, abandoned her immediately after birth.

The two waves of Iranian missiles that filled Israel’s sky after five months create a situation that, depending on Netanyahu’s response, could either lead to full-scale conflict with Tehran or force Iran and its allied organizations to retreat for several years.