United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged the international community to remain committed to Afghanistan at this critical juncture, calling for greater support for Afghan refugees, internally displaced and returnees.

Ethiopian federal forces were encircling the Tigray region’s capital from around 50 kilometers (31 miles) on Monday, the government said, after giving the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) a 72-hour surrender ultimatum.

China will respond to the reported visit of a US Navy admiral to Taiwan and firmly opposes any military relations between Taipei and Washington, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday as a senior US official praised their ties with Taipei.

Yemeni forces launched a missile attack on a distribution station operated by the Saudi Aramco oil company in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, said the spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces.

US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning.

Iran’s nuclear energy program is one of the most transparent among those run by the member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and has been subject to the largest number of inspections by the agency, said the Iranian permanent ambassador to international organizations in Vienna.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, media said, in the first reported trip by an Israeli premier to the Arab kingdom.

China is planning to include new measures to encourage more births and address its rapidly aging population as part of its new 2021-2025 “five-year plan”, state media reported on Monday.

Scientists studying the aerodynamics of infectious disease share steps to curb transmission during indoor activities.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied the incidence and regional distribution of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in the brains of people with Down’s syndrome. The results can bring new possibilities for earlier diagnosis and preventive treatment of dementia. The study is published in Molecular Neurodegeneration.