In the month of August, the BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the grouping.
According to Taliban-led ministry on Wednesday said that 1,957 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan from Iran through the Islam Qala border crossing.
Iran secretly executed a man on Thursday after convicting him of killing a member of the security forces amidst mass protests that swept the country last year.
Amid the power shortage, they have urged Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS), the country's power utility, to take the situation seriously and come up with a solution.
The ship, partially owned by Israeli businessman Rami Ungar, has no Israeli nationals aboard and was travelling from Turkey to India. Its 25 crew members are being held in Yemen.
The leaders of the BRICS countries--Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-- joined the virtual meeting along with their counterparts from newly added member states.
Leaders of BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China will join the virtual Extraordinary Meeting with invited BRICS leaders of Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Japan has said that it is "directly approaching" Houthi rebels, who recently hijacked an international cargo shop in the Red Sea, according to Al Jazeera.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding roadshows and targeting Congress in his rallies on the issue of corruption and crimes against women in Rajasthan. While the Congress' key campaigners focused on the gurantees to woo voters to retain power in the state.
Amid the ongoing issue of illegal immigration, around 450,000 Afghan migrants have willingly returned to the country from Iran, Khaama Press reported, citing Iranian local media reports.
Condemning the hijack, it said, "This is another act of Iranian terrorism and constitutes a leap forward in Iran's aggression against the citizens of the free world, with international consequences regarding the security of the global shipping lanes."