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Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women “so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health.” Akbari told VOA that most of the 11 women who work with her are university graduates who lost their jobs after the Taliban’s return to…

In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila. "We work under the bombs. A few days ago, a shell fell 200 metres (650 feet) from here. Shrapnel hit the shopfront and the wall," said Murtada, 60, pointing to the damage. "I hid behind the fridge in the restaurant" during the bombardment, he told AFP.

Apia, SAMOA — A UN Development Program project is exploring the use of electric transport in Samoa.

The United Nations has recently announced that the costs of damages caused by the earthquake that hit Turkey in early February are estimated to surpass the $100 billion mark.

Cambodias poverty rate dropped to 17.8 per cent in 2020, from nearly 40 per cent in 2009, a senior official said here on Friday."During the last decade, the poverty rate declined by 1.6 percentage points per year, driven substantially by ...