Twelve members of the UN Security Council strongly condemned the ongoing systematic gender discrimination and oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
They expressed deep concern over the recently announced "morality law".
This came in a joint press statement read by Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN, on behalf of his country and 11 other council members.
North Korea to cut road and rail links to South Korea
North Korea's Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported.
Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers
US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
Israel begins ground operations in southwest Lebanon
Israel's military said it had begun ground operations in southwest Lebanon, expanding its incursions to a new zone, a year after exchanges of fire began with armed group Hezbollah and after pleas by the U.N. for a diplomatic solution.
India PM Modi's party leads in Haryana election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved into the lead in elections in the northern state of Haryana on Tuesday, reversing early trends when it was trailing the main opposition Congress party, TV channels reported.
The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan, which killed two Chinese citizens and a Pakistani national.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain on Tuesday.
Secretary-General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Al Budaiwi, affirmed the UAE has fulfilled all its commitments related to the GCC Railway project.
