A North Korean human rights body has rejected the latest report by the United Nations human rights investigator, calling it a ‘malicious slander’. The Korea Association for Human Rights Studies, in a statement carried by the Korean state media on Tuesday, strongly denounced the UN human rights watchdog’s scathing report. ...
Russia called on Wednesday for international aid to support Kabul, as it hosted the Taliban at a major international conference on Afghanistan for the first time since the group took power in August. Pakistan, China, Iran, India and former Soviet Central Asian states joined Taliban officials at the Moscow meeting. ...
