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By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — An international media watchdog is urging Pakistan not to deport more than 200 Afghan journalists who fled their homeland after the Taliban regained control in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew following more than two decades of war. The plea by Reporters

By SHONAL GANGULY and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Masks are back on the New Delhi streets as residents grapple with the annual surge in air pollution that has engulfed the Indian capital region. Primary schools have been ordered shut this week and polluting vehicles and construction banned as a thick cover

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has finalized its pullout from a key Cold War-era security deal, more than eight years after announcing the intention to do so. The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the withdrawal was completed, without elaborating. The treaty — aimed at preventing Cold War rivals from massing forces at or near mutual

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government is setting out a pre-election policy slate including tougher sentences for criminals and measures to boost economic growth. The plans are included in the King’s Speech read out by King Charles III at the State Opening of Parliament. The speech is written by Prime

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s 16 state governors have agreed on new, stricter measures in an effort to curb the large number of migrants coming to the country. The compromise on the issue, that has become a huge political problem for the government and a hot-button topic in society, came after an

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares mostly fell in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where wild recent moves calmed a bit at the beginning of a quiet week for data releases. Germany’s DAX slipped 0.2% to 15,110.26 and the CAC 40 in Paris also

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is reporting an 18% rise in its net profit for the first fiscal half, as sales were boosted by its hit Super Mario movie. Nintendo reported Tuesday a six-month profit of nearly 271.3 billion yen, or $1.8 billion. Sales surged 21%. Demand is strong for

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and British foreign and defense ministers met and agreed to further deepen military cooperation under a new security pact that allows their militaries to enter each other’s territory for joint exercises. Japan and Britain have expanded their cooperation as concern has grown over China’s increasing influence.

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TOKYO (AP) — Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia on Tuesday, as he and his counterparts from the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies began two days of talks in

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the coastal enclave one month into a conflict that has claimed

BEIJING (AP) — The Philadelphia Orchestra has returned to Beijing for a tour that will mark 50 years since its historic performance in China, the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. The orchestra first visited China in September 1973,

BEIJING (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling for the “full resumption of free and unimpeded trade” with China in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Albanese is making the first visit by an Australian leader to China in seven years. He said climate change, food security and transnational crime are areas