Tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan have achieved something that has long eluded world leaders - a ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government. The month-long stoppage in hostilities in the Alingar district of Laghman province, one of the hardest hit by violence, was called to allow local farmers to harvest their wheat crop and students to sit annual examinations.

Tribal elders broker local Taliban, Afghan government ceasefire

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the United States was ready to lift sanctions on his country's oil, banking and shipping sectors that were reimposed after former US President Donald Trump exited a 2015 nuclear deal three years ago.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US is ready to lift sanctions

Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has appointed a veteran British human rights expert as the special envoy to monitor the investigation, prosecution and trial of those involved in the terrorist attack against Parliament Speaker and former president Mohamed Nasheed.

Maldivian President appoints special envoy to monitor probe into attack on Nasheed

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held telephonic talks on Thursday and reaffirmed their resolve to further diversify and deepen strategic cooperation between the all-weather allies.

Pak PM Khan, Chinese Premier Li hold talks, vow to further diversify bilateral ties

India is among the guest countries invited to join virtually at the 2021 G7 Health Ministers' Meeting to be held at Oxford University on June 3 and 4 to bring together the world's leading democracies to agree on life-saving action in critical areas of global health, the UK government announced on Thursday.

UK invites India to join G7 Health Ministers' Summit virtually

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines will not be enough to narrow the huge supply gap between rich and poor countries.

COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver will not be enough to bridge supply gap: WTO

Children and the elderly make up a large proportion of people taking refuge in camps in northwest Myanmar to escape fighting between the army and insurgents, residents said on Thursday, as France called for urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.

Myanmar displaced shelter in camps in border state, France calls for aid

Pune's Mylab Discovery Solutions on Thursday launched India`s first-ever self-testing kit for COVID-19, which has received the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Pune lab launches India's first-ever self-testing kit for COVID-19

The arrival of European colonists led to a mass extinction of between 50 to 70 per cent of the snake and lizard populations of the Guadeloupe Islands, according to a large fossil study published on Wednesday.

European colonists led to mass extinction of reptiles, says study

A huge iceberg, the world's largest, has broken off from an ice shelf in Antarctica and is floating through the Weddell Sea, the European Space Agency said. The newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in recent satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, the space agency said in a statement posted on its website with a photo of the enormous, oblong ice sheet.

World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica

Tech giant Google is launching an AI-powered tool that will help users in self-diagnosing hundreds of skin conditions. The tool will use artificial intelligence to help people identify skin, hair, or nail conditions as per a report by The Verge.

Artificial Intelligence to self-diagnose skin conditions? Google to launch tool soon

President Joe Biden is largely sticking to a time-worn US playbook despite pressure from progressive Democrats for a tougher line toward Israel and from America’s allies for a more active role to end the violence.

US President Joe Biden encourages Israel to ensure protection of innocent civilians

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