5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (324+ words) The United Nations has called for urgent global safeguards to regulate rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could pose serious risks to human rights, privacy and public safety without stronger international oversight and accountability. Speaking at…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (331+ words) The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises after more than four decades of conflict and recurring natural disasters, saying millions of Afghans continue to depend on humanitarian assistance as food insecurity, displacement…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (435+ words) The trial of 14 men accused of organizing the deadliest migrant crossing of the English Channel opened in Paris on Tuesday, nearly five years after a small overcrowded boat sank off the French coast, killing at least 31 migrants, including four Afghans....

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (380+ words) Around 30 humanoid and quadruped robots staged an unusual protest outside Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs in Warsaw, calling for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence and warning that rapid automation could threaten millions of jobs. The symbolic demonstration, organized by the…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (337+ words) UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett told the UN Human Rights Council that Afghanistan’s children are growing up in an environment defined by fear, deprivation and hopelessness after nearly five years of regime change, warning that the country’s next…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (304+ words) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that millions of children in Afghanistan continue to face severe barriers to education, saying sustained investment is urgently needed to prevent an entire generation from being left…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago   (393+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed oil prices will “drop precipitously” if the United States wins its conflict with Iran, predicting that gasoline prices in the United States could eventually fall below $2 per gallon, even as crude prices have climbed close…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (268+ words) Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight, injuring at least six people and damaging residential buildings, a school and civilian infrastructure across the Ukrainian capital, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The attack came hours after a…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (338+ words) Richard Bennett, the U.N. special rapporteur on Afghanistan, says the Taliban suspended Afghanistan’s 2004 Constitution after returning to power and replaced it with decrees and policies based on their interpretation of Islamic law, dismantling key legal protections for fundamental rights. In a…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago   (313+ words) Pakistan has suspended all medical and dental education processes for Afghan students, ordering universities to halt admissions, transfers and academic facilitation, while instructing Afghan students currently enrolled in the country to leave Pakistan. The decision was communicated through the University…...