Search and rescue operations were underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain has opened talks with the Taliban over the "safe passage" of its remaining nationals and allies out of Afghanistan after the hardline Islamist group's quickfire takeover of the country last... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu", which was first identified in Colombia in January. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India on Tuesday, for the first time, admitted to having held diplomatic talks with the Taliban which has taken control of Afghanistan in the past few days following the withdrawal of US forces from... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru early Tuesday, officials said, in the country's third multiple-victim... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two people were killed and 10 others injured after part of a two-lane highway was washed away on Monday night near Lucedale, a town in the US' Mississippi, authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden called the US airlift of more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan an "extraordinary success" Tuesday, a day after the last US soldiers pulled out of the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to help scores of US citizens who remain in Afghanistan to leave, a day after the evacuation mission from Kabul airport ended. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
When Ezmarai Ahmadi returned home from work on Sunday evening in Kabul, the usual gaggle of squealing children was waiting to greet him -- his sons and daughters, and a slew of nieces and nephews. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US State Department has raised its travel advisory alert for Canada to a "level 3 - reconsider travel" status amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it said in a statement on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese authorities have instructed an American Chamber of Commerce in the southwestern city of Chengdu to cease operations, officials with the organisation said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The choice for the United States in Afghanistan was either to withdraw from the country or escalate the conflict, President Joe Biden said Tuesday after the final US pullout. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan, saying it was in the US national interest. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden warned the ISIS-Khorasan, the group which killed 13 US troops in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport, that they face more retribution from Washington. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday of a looming "humanitarian catastrophe" in Afghanistan as he urged countries to provide emergency funding following the departure of US forces. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan not be used to shelter terrorists and that it expects Taliban will adhere to commitments made by it on safe departure... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday he saw "no way around" talking with the Taliban after their takeover of Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taliban fighters enter a hangar in Kabul airport soon after the United States military left Afghanistan and start examining Chinook helicopters, in a video that has been shared on social media. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are UN Security Council proscribed terror entities that need to be called out and condemned in the strongest possible terms, Foreign... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Moderna Inc.'s Covid vaccine generated more than double the antibodies of a similar shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in research directly comparing immune responses to the inoculations. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban's top spokesman congratulated Afghans on their victory on Tuesday, hours after the last US troops left the country following 20 years of military intervention. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Heavily armed gangsters strapped hostages to their getaway cars after robbing two banks in Brazil, in a rampage that left three people dead, police and reports said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
By August 13, the C.1.2 strain had been found in six of South Africa's nine provinces as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, Portugal, New Zealand and Switzerland. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed on to Australian government networks. It was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops, ending 20 years of war that left the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's Canberra on Tuesday extended its hard lockdown by a further two weeks as the capital city struggles to contain a surge in the highly infectious Delta variant. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Scientists in South Africa are monitoring a new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation rate, and whose frequency has gradually increased in recent months, the National Institute for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For the first time since 2001 there are no American troops in Afghanistan after the United States completed the evacuation of most of its citizens and thousands of at-risk Afghans. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States expects the Taliban to live up to their commitments now that US troops have pulled out of Afghanistan, but any legitimacy or support will need to be "earned," US Secretary of State... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end a brutal 20-year war -- one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Never in history has a withdrawal from war been handled so badly or incompetently as by Americans from Afghanistan, former president Donald Trump has said as the US flew its last military flight out... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US embarked Monday on a "new" chapter regarding Afghanistan and shifted its diplomatic operations to Qatar, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as he expressed commitment to helping every American... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report on the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military disabled scores of aircraft and armored vehicles as well as a high-tech rocket defense system at the Kabul airport before it left Monday, a US general said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden announced he will address the nation Tuesday on the final US exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the Taliban. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kabul airport is without air traffic control services now that the US military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, civil aircraft barred from operating over the country unless given prior authorization,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States believes there are fewer than 250 Americans still in Afghanistan who are seeking to leave, a senior US official said Monday on the eve of the deadline for a full US troop withdrawal... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military announced the departure of the last US troops from Afghanistan Monday, concluding a 20-year conflict that ended with the Taliban seizing control of the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Monday requiring the Taliban to honor their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan, but the measure did not cite a "safe zone" mentioned by... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a lockdown in Auckland by two weeks, while officials reported the country's first death linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Teachers and school staff should be among the groups prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations so that schools in Europe and Central Asia can stay open, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef said... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Somewhere in the world's busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes, waiting for a ride to the U.S. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Beijing on Monday banned written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of sweeping education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in China's hyper-competitive school system. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Koo, India's alternative to Twitter Inc., has surged past 10 million users to narrow the gap with the US microblogging site after its repeated clashes with government over the past few months. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Multiple rockets were fired at Kabul's international airport but were intercepted by a missile defense system, a US official told Reuters citing initial information. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Antibodies against the coronavirus wane over time, but the immune system has a backup plan that doesn't rely on boosters, according to a study by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, where... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country's first recorded death linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As Australia's COVID-19 deaths exceed 1,000, a grim toll but modest by global standards, a country that has used relentless lockdowns now faces perhaps its biggest health policy challenge of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban has not yet announced a new government after taking control of Afghanistan but the hardline Islamist group confirmed Sunday that its supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is in Afghanistan... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling" development, the UN atomic agency has said, a possible sign Pyongyang is... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is investigating whether civilians may have been killed in an air strike it launched to destroy a car laden with explosives in the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for US Central... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban has assured 100 countries that it will continue to allow foreigners and Afghans with foreign travel papers to leave the country "in a safe and orderly manner," even after the US troop... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
United States said it destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle with an air strike in Kabul on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden warned of another terror attack in the capital as a massive airlift of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Repairs need to be made at Kabul airport before it can be opened to civilian flights, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday, as Ankara considers providing help to the Taliban to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Foreign ministers from several countries will meet virtually Monday to discuss their next steps in Afghanistan, the US State Department said, as the airlift evacuation out of the country enters its... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Emmanuel Macron said discussions France is having with the Taliban over evacuations from Afghanistan do not indicate recognition of the hardline Islamist group as the country's new rulers https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Around 250 Americans are still trying to leave Afghanistan with just days left before a Tuesday deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from the nation, said US State Department on Sunday (local... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban will allow all foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorisation from another country to leave Afghanistan, according to a joint statement issued by Britain, the United... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana Sunday as a powerful Category 4 storm, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city of New Orleans. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada -- who has never made a public appearance and whose whereabouts have largely remained unknown -- is in Afghanistan, the hardline Islamist group... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully vaccinated against Covid from Monday, a month before Dubai hosts the delayed Expo 2020 trade fair. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes has accused her former boyfriend, who was president of the blood-testing startup, of abusing her, court documents unsealed on Saturday showed, hinting at a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Israeli air force attacked two sites in Gaza early Sunday morning, the army said, after Gazans clashed with forces on the border and launched incendiary balloons at southern Israel. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan's Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Nations Security Council has dropped the Taliban reference from its statement on terrorist attacks near Kabul airport that called on Afghan groups not to support terrorists "operating on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban, Afghanistan's new rulers, and the departing US forces are aiming for a swift handover of Kabul airport, a Taliban official told Reuters on Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city Melbourne will be extended, authorities announced Sunday as they struggle to quash a stubborn coronavirus Delta variant outbreak. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The pistol used to kill the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid in the days of the American Wild West has been auctioned for $6.03 million, a world record for a firearm. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The resistance forces in the Panjshir province on Saturday rejected the Taliban claims that their forces entered Panjshir province from various directions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
People evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ida clogged roads headed north on Saturday from the US Gulf Coast, with the strengthening storm set to hit New Orleans 16 years to the day after devastating... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States warned Saturday of a "specific, credible threat" near Kabul airport and urged its citizens to leave the area, days after a deadly attack on crowds fleeing Taliban rule in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States took aim at the ISISgroup in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two high-level targets in a drone strike over the devastating suicide bombing at Kabul airport, as President Joe Biden... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's last military flight left Kabul late on Saturday after evacuating more than 15,000 people in the two weeks since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of British... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday said he sees three alternatives for his future: winning the 2022 presidential elections, death or prison. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban said on Saturday they were preparing a new cabinet as the US evacuation nears its end and they expected that sharp currency falls and economic turmoil following their takeover of Kabul two... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
France and Britain will on Monday urge the United Nations to work for the creation of a "safe zone" in the Afghan capital Kabul to protect humanitarian operations, French President Emmanuel Macron... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military has "begun retrograding" from the Kabul airport and it's "still in charge of the airport" and the security, Pentagon said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US military commanders believe that another terror attack like the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport is "highly likely in the next 24-36 hours," President Joe Biden warned Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tens of thousands of people were rallying Saturday in Washington and dozens of other US cities to protest against laws in several Republican-led states that critics say will make it harder for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tens of thousands of people formed a human chain around Spain's crisis-hit Mar Menor lagoon on Saturday in a show of mourning after tonnes of dead fish washed ashore, organisers and officials said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh said that the peace negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban became "the beginning of the end" for the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Saturday and agreed on the need for international aid and a common approach by the G7... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The kidnapping of girls across Pakistan is rapidly increasing and most of them are either forced into prostitution or sold to gulf nations, Pak vernacular media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Despite close links between terrorist groups Taliban and Haqqani Network, the US State Department on Friday (local time) said that they are two separate entities. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China's embassy in Washington Friday accused the US intelligence community of "political manipulation" after a report in which Beijing was accused of withholding key information about the origins of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a special citation to journalists of Afghanistan "from staff and freelance correspondents to interpreters to drivers to hosts" -- on Friday for their "courageous"... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban will shut down Afghanistan's media and are fooling the West by promising to let journalists operate freely, an award-winning Afghan photographer said after fleeing Kabul over threats by... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A senior Pentagon official held talks with the Chinese military for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January to focus on managing risk between the two countries, a US official... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States urged its citizens Friday to "immediately" leave the gates around Kabul's airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted crowds trying to flee Taliban rule. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a "planner" of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 170 people including 13 US soldiers... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
People were evacuating high-risk areas and lining up to buy supplies Friday as Louisiana braced for Hurricane Ida, which was expected to strengthen to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary began his career in 2001 helping cover the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan and subsequent fall of the Taliban. Never in the 20 years since did he imagine Kabul would once... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 21 people were killed and dozens remain missing as a boat packed with passengers and a sand-laden cargo ship collided Friday in a lake in eastern Bangladesh, officials said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China, in the midst of a rapid nuclear weapons buildup, will soon surpass Russia as the United States' top nuclear threat, a senior U.S. military official said on Friday, warning that the two... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Friday dismissed any chance of rapid recognition for a Taliban government and said it has not decided yet whether it will maintain a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan after next... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The man convicted of shooting dead Robert F. Kennedy in a 1968 assassination that rocked the United States was granted parole Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban have asked the United States to maintain a diplomatic presence in Kabul after the American pullout but Washington has yet to decide on its plans, US officials said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An unvaccinated teacher at an elementary school in California spread the coronavirus to at least 26 other people, including 12 students in their classroom, a new study by the Centers for Disease... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that he would do his utmost to help Afghans who are eligible for resettlement in Britain but have been unable to reach Kabul airport for evacuation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon --... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
About 12,500 people were evacuated from Afghanistan on Thursday, raising the total number of evacuees amid the Taliban takeover of Kabul to roughly 105,000 since August 14, the White House said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an ISIS suicide bombing killed at least 92 people, including 13 U.S. service... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The number of coronavirus patients in U.S. hospitals has breached 100,000, the highest level in eight months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A 44-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean man was jailed here for two-and-a-half years for stealing an excavator and attempting to sell it to a heavy-vehicle repairman in March 2018, according to a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Twin suicide bombs ripped through crowds outside Kabul airport on Thursday, killing scores of people including 13 US troops and deepening panic in the final days of an already frenzied evacuation... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern eased the tough nationwide lockdown measures on Friday, although businesses and schools will still be closed and its biggest city Auckland will remain shut... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Covid-19 patients face a much higher risk of developing blood clots than those vaccinated with AstraZeneca Plc or Pfizer Inc.'s shots, according to a large U.K. study. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two explosions outside Kabul's international airport killed 12 U.S. service members and at least 60 Afghans, and wounded dozens more, less than a week before U.S. forces are due to depart. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sydney's COVID-19 cases slightly eased on Friday but still hovered near record levels as the Australian federal government looks to press states to stick to a national reopening plan once the country... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A 48-year-old Indian-origin man was jailed in Singapore for hurling vulgarities and racially charged slurs at a Chinese descent taxi driver, according to a media report. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The 13 US military troops killed in the bombing attack on Kabul airport Thursday amounted to the worst single-day loss for the Pentagon in Afghanistan since 2011. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Joe Biden's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was pushed back a day Thursday as the US president cleared his agenda to address bombings in Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Staff at Britain's Foreign Office left documents with contact details of Afghans working for them scattered on the ground at the British embassy compound in Kabul that has been seized by the Taliban,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia said Friday it pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan shortly before the Kabul airport bombings after receiving "very clear intelligence" of an impending attack. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. troops helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after Islamic State struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to hunt down the perpetrators of the suicide bombings that killed 12 American troops in Kabul and said the United States will not be deterred from its mission... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) extended condolences to the families of United States service members who died in an explosion at Kabul airport in Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former president Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers lashed out at Democratic President Joe Biden on Thursday after 12 US troops were killed and 15 wounded in suicide bombings in Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
More than 100,000 people from Afghanistan have been evacuated since August 14, the eve of the Taliban's return to power, the White House said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US military commanders vowed to hunt down the leaders of Islamic State after Thursday's suicide bomb attack on Kabul airport, pledging to exact revenge on the long-time U.S. adversary for the deaths... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called a meeting of the permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, diplomats said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
American forces in Kabul were bracing for more Islamic State attacks while winding up their evacuation mission, U.S. officials said, as the number of US troops killed in Thursday's suicide bomb attack... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said Thursday he has seen no evidence that the Taliban colluded with Islamic State terrorists in carrying out the deadly attacks in Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Deadly coordinated explosions on Thursday tore through crowds of people at Kabul airport hoping to board flights to safety, as countries raced to evacuate as many people as possible before an August... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The twin blasts at Kabul airport this evening, which claimed at least 40 lives and injured many others, is suspected to the work of the terrorists of Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), after an old name... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As desperate Afghans crowd Kabul airport trying to get on any evacuation flights to flee the Taliban, officials have warned of another jihadist threat: the ISIS group. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Even as Tolo News, Afghanistan's first independent news channel, confirmed the death of its reporter Ziar Yaad Khan in Kabul, the man tweeted saying the report is false. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Indian-origin former CEO of a technology company has been arrested in the US and charged with defrauding investors to the tune of USD 80 million by overstating the startup's revenue and other key... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 annually to mark the achievements and advancements made by women in various fields. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Over 10 days after the Taliban captured Kabul following the collapse of the US-backed government, they are now switching focus to how to run a country in crisis. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan was swift and decisive. Forming an inclusive government to avoid another civil war is proving to be much harder. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Health experts warned Wednesday that people should not attempt the latest viral challenge -- walking over a pyramid of precariously balanced milk crates. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
She was called "the leader of the free world" as authoritarian populists were on the march in Europe and the United States but Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with an... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia on Thursday reported more than 1,000 new local coronavirus cases for the first time during the pandemic, as a Delta variant outbreak surged in Sydney. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Afghan girl born aboard a US military plane as her family was fleeing Taliban rule was named Reach after the aircraft's code name, US military officials said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several lots, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates pressed Joe Biden to take new steps to end an immigration policy begun by his predecessor Donald Trump after the top U.S. court ordered that the "remain... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States warned crowds trying to access Kabul airport to leave the area, as Britain and Australia cited the "high threat" of a terrorist attack. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
YouTube said in a blog post it relies on "expert consensus from health organizations," including the US Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, but noted that, in some cases,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The comments by Ahmad Wali Massoud to AFP in Paris come as his nephew Ahmad Massoud, the son of the commander killed in 2001, seeks to lead -- alongside former vice-president Amrullah Saleh -- an... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"We are aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day through multiple channels of communication... to determine whether they still want to leave," Blinken told reporters. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The remains of thousands of people believed to be victims of Stalin's Terror have been discovered in Ukraine's southern city of Odessa, local authorities said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US air safety regulators will open a review of operations at Boeing after feedback from inspectors assigned to provide oversight for the government showed many feel unable to share their concerns. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The breast milk of nursing mothers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine contains a significant supply of antibodies that may help protect nursing infants from the illness, according to a study. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Turkey's defence ministry said Wednesday it had started pulling troops out of Afghanistan, apparently abandoning its plans to help secure Kabul's strategic airport. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The search for the origins of the Covid pandemic that has killed millions and crippled economies is at a standstill even as time is running out, scientists charged with the task by the UN warned... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the revival of an immigration policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their court dates, in a blow to President Joe Biden. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as New York governor over sexual harassment allegations, was stripped Tuesday of the Emmy he won for his primetime pandemic briefings. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Zarifa Ghafari, a former Afghan mayor on Tuesday said that Pakistan has a significant role behind the Taliban seizing control of the war-ravaged country, adding that the international community is... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese state media on Wednesday accused U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris of seeking to drive a wedge between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours with her comments that Beijing used coercion and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan is set to expand a state of emergency to eight more prefectures, taking the total to 21, the minister in charge of coronavirus countermeasures said on Wednesday, as a surge in COVID-19 cases... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among front-line workers declined to 66% after the delta variant became dominant, compared with 91% before it arose, according to a report from the U.S. Centers... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the global economy looked a lot different: Tesla Inc. wasn't a company, the iPhone didn't exist and artificial intelligence was best known as a Steven... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sydney's COVID-19 cases rose to a new daily record on Wednesday, putting parts of the health system under "severe pressure", officials said, as they urged an increase in vaccinations to help curb the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The G-7 countries are united on its stand on Taliban and they agreed that the legitimacy of any future government in Afghanistan depends on armed group's approach to prevent the war-torn nation from... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghans aboard a convoy of buses that was given a Taliban escort to Kabul's airport spoke Sunday of the heartbreak of driving past huge crowds desperate to join them. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he aims to have all US forces out of Afghanistan by August 31, ending a massive two-week airlift from the country at the risk of leaving potential evacuees... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Influential lawmakers from the G-7 countries have urged that India should be invited to attend the bloc's meetings that seeks to develop a common and united front for global security and regional... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"The sooner we can finish, the better," Joe Biden said of the plan to evacuate Americans, Afghan nationals and US troops from Taliban-controlled Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis LIVE Updates: The Taliban takeover of the country last weekend shocked Western nations, coming just two weeks before the deadline for all troops to fully withdraw from the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese President has sought to strengthen the ruling Chinese Communist Party's role in all areas of society, including its businesses, schools and cultural institutions since 2012. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The CIA sees a "very strong possibility" that the syndrome is intentionally caused, and that Russia could be responsible, but is withholding definitive conclusions pending further investigation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US state department said that it has evacuated more than 4,000 American passport holders plus their families from Afghanistan in the ongoing airlift from Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank has more than two dozen development projects ongoing in the country and has provided $5.3 billion since 2002, mostly in grants. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the final stages of the evacuation from Afghanistan at 4:30 pm (2030 GMT) on Tuesday, the White House said, after a delay of more than four hours. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers inisted on Tuesday that all foreign evacuations from the country must be completed by Aug. 31 while Western leaders said they would press the hardline Islamists to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Charlie Watts, the drummer of the legendary British rock'n'roll band the Rolling Stones, died on Tuesday at the age of 80, his publicist said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US troops led an increasingly desperate effort Tuesday to airlift thousands of people out of Kabul, after the Taliban warned they would allow foreign forces to carry out evacuations for just one more... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's famous pop star, Aryana Sayeed, who escaped from the Taliban after the takeover of Kabul, has blamed Pakistan for empowering the terrorist outfit and expressed her utmost gratitude to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military shuttled thousands more people through the Kabul airport over the past 12 hours, a White House official said Monday, as Washington attempts to complete a daring airlift by an August 31... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's "acting" President Amrullah Saleh has highlighted the dire "humanitarian situation" in Andarab valley of the northern Baghlan province and accused the Taliban of committing human rights... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday accused Beijing of continuing to "coerce" and "intimidate" in the South China Sea and pledged that Washington would pursue a free and open Indo Pacific. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States has evacuated another 10,900 people from Kabul, Afghanistan, since Monday morning, a White House official informed on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Leaders of the G7 advanced economies are expected to pledge unity on whether or not to officially recognize or sanction the Taliban when they meet virtually to discuss Afghanistan on Tuesday,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The mysterious deaths of a family and their dog on a California hiking trail were baffling investigators Monday, almost a week after their bodies were found. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said he thinks it is very unlikely the evacuation of Afghanistan will be completed by August 31 deadline. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis LIVE Updates: Taliban's statement came a day after US President Joe Biden said he still hopes to complete the "heartbreaking" evacuation from Afghanistan by the end of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan crisis: The United States' commitment to at-risk Afghans extends beyond President Joe Biden's August 31 deadline to withdraw from the country, a senior State Department official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan crisis: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden agreed on Monday to work together to ensure all those eligible to leave Afghanistan were able to. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The dramatic evacuation of people fleeing Afghanistan will involve a US military-civilian alliance that dates back to 1951 but which has been activated only twice before: in 1990-1991 during the Gulf... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban were in position near the Panjshir valley and had retaken three districts in northern Afghanistan that fell to local militia groups last week, a spokesman said on Monday, though there were... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
More than 80 private COVID-19 travel testing companies are being issued a two-strike warning from Monday that they could be removed from the official government-approved list for misleading prices if... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Around 16,000 people were evacuated over the past 24 hours from Afghanistan through the Kabul airport, the Pentagon said Monday, as the US speeds toward completing its airlift by an August 31... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left the door open to sanctions on the Taliban Monday, noting that the Islamist group that now controls Afghanistan remains a "terrorist entity." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
France has placed under surveillance an Afghan evacuated from Kabul who is suspected of links to the Taliban, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a "positive role" in helping the war-ravaged country amid global pushback to stop... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia must start to learn to live with COVID-19 when higher vaccination targets are reached, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, despite concerns in some states about the impact of a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Researchers have identified an antibody that is highly protective at low doses against a wide range of variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States does not have hostile intent toward Pyongyang and is open to meeting any time and any place, Washington's special envoy for North Korea said on Monday during a visit to South Korea. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A firefight broke out between Afghan security forces and unknown assailants at the North Gate of Kabul airport on Monday, the German Bundeswehr said on Twitter. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The roll out of a third dose of Covid vaccine has sparked debate on ethical and political grounds, since a large swath of the human population is yet to receive any inoculation. But the case for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand is set to stay in COVID-19 lockdown until at least midnight Friday, New Zealand Herald reported without giving the source of the information. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The crack of bat on ball echoes around Kabul's international stadium as Afghanistan's top cricketers prepare for their next tour -- just days after the country fell to the Taliban. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday the country must begin to ease strict COVID-19 restrictions once vaccination rates increase, with over half of all Australians enduring... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taliban is seeking legitimacy and have made promises but Washington will see whether "they mean or not", said US President Joe Biden, adding that "I don''t trust anybody" when asked whether he... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban and allowing it to eventually take over Afghanistan, a top Republican lawmaker has alleged, stating that it is... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China's health authority reported on Monday that there were no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 for the first time since July, offering more signs that the current outbreak which began late... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid deepening crisis in Afghanistan, United States President Joe Biden defended his move to withdraw troops from the country, saying history will record this as a "logical, rational, and right... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Singapore's leaders on Monday on the first working day of a trip to Southeast Asia aimed at bolstering ties as part of Washington's efforts to counter... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan-Taliban Updates: Eighteen civilian craft from American Airlines, Atlas, Delta, Omni, Hawaiian and United will aid dozens of military cargo transports involved in the evacuation, the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tennessee Floods: Rural roads, state highways and bridges were washed out and widespread power outages affected thousands of people. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson currently leads the group that includes the United States, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Climate change activists climbed the outside of the headquarters of the City of London's government on Sunday as they began two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial district. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Turkey cannot bail out the EU by taking in Afghans who worked for Western countries in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the Kabul airport during the evacuation effort after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghan capital last week, a NATO official said... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Afghan government forces forming a resistance movement in a fortified valley are preparing for "long-term conflict", but are also seeking to negotiate with the Taliban, their spokesman told AFP... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban on Sunday blamed the United States for the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans and foreigners from the capital, one week after the hardline Islamist group returned to power... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hurricane Grace pummeled Mexico with torrential rain on Saturday, causing severe flooding and mudslides that killed at least eight people after becoming one of the most powerful storms in years to hit... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Seven Afghan civilians have died in the chaos near Kabul airport, the British defence ministry said Sunday as thousands of people try to flee the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a wide-ranging new animal protection law. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, the army-owned television reported on Saturday, in the latest in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb. 1 coup. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to gather at the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tens of thousands of Afghans were racing Sunday to flee their country as the United States warned of security threats at Kabul's chaotic airport and the European Union said it was "impossible" to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand conceded its ambitious "Covid zero" elimination strategy may no longer be viable Sunday, as an outbreak of the virulent Delta variant continued to spread. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid the surging Delta variant of Covid, US has urged world leaders to deliver their statements to the UN General Assembly's annual session next month by video, to ensure that the high-level week... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A special repatriation flight by the Indian Air Force - carrying 168 passengers, including 107 Indians - landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi from Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Vice President Kamala Harris began a trip to Asia Sunday where she will offer reassurances of Washington's commitment to the region after the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States and Germany told their citizens in Afghanistan on Saturday to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands of desperate people gathered trying to flee almost... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday defended the country's lockdown strategy to combat coronavirus outbreaks until at least 70% of the population is fully vaccinated. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A swath of the US East Coast, including New York City, was under alert Saturday, as storm Henri was upgraded to what could be the first hurricane in 30 years to hit New England. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"It's mathematically impossible" for the US and its allies to evacuate tens of thousands of their Afghan personnel and families by August 31, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday appealed to European Union states to take in Afghan refugees flown out from Kabul, promising financial support from Brussels. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of France again on Saturday against the government's COVID-19 vaccination policies amid concern from rights groups about anti-Semitic sentiment... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that would require Democratic President Joe Biden to reinstate a contentious immigration policy implemented by his... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taliban terrorists lost control of Afghanistan's Pol-e-Hesar district of northern Baghlan province after they came in conflict with armed uprising on Friday, a media report said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Grace rapidly intensified into a "major" Category Three hurricane on Friday as it barreled towards Mexico for a second time, US forecasters said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australian police patrolled the streets and blocked transport into the centre of Sydney on Saturday to prevent a planned anti-lockdown protest as the country reported a record high daily number of new... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chaos around the Kabul airport was so bad this week that the U.S. military was forced to use three helicopters to transport 169 Americans into the complex from a building just 200 meters (656 feet)... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the terrorists are harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country for 10 days on their way to a third country at the request of the United States, the Gulf Arab... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, the White House said on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A heart-breaking video showing a US Marine lifting a baby over a razor wire-topped wall at Kabul's airport caught global attention Friday, amid the chaos of thousands trying to flee Afghanistan newly... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
R. Kelly's former tour manager on Friday said he bribed a worker at a public aid office to get false identification saying the late singer Aaliyah was of age, so she could marry the R&B star now on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said Friday he could not guarantee the outcome of emergency evacuations from Kabul, calling it one of the most difficult airlift operations ever, but added he would mobilize... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank Group's Kabul-based staff and their immediate families have been safely evacuated to Islamabad, according to an internal staff memo issued on Friday and seen by Reuters. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Biden administration on Friday asked U.S. Supreme Court to block a judge's ruling that would force the government to resume a contested program that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The official websites of the Taliban, who swept to power in Afghanistan on the back of a lightning offensive last week, appeared to have vanished from the internet late on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US is going to retain a laser focus on its counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said Friday and warned the Taliban of a forceful response to any attack on American forces or... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Evacuation flights have resumed from Kabul airport after a halt of several hours due to overcrowding at a staging base in Qatar, the Pentagon said on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US troops briefly exited Kabul airport at one point during ongoing evacuation operations to retrieve 169 people from inside the city, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said Friday he has not seen America's allies question US credibility over the conduct of its withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban took over the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said Friday he could not guarantee the final outcome of the emergency evacuation from Kabul's airport, calling it one of the most "difficult" airlift operations ever. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A woman told R. Kelly's trial Thursday that the disgraced R&B star choked her until she passed out during a six-month sexual relationship they had when she was a teenager. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban's swift takeover of the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the evacuation of 300 vulnerable Afghans fleeing the Taliban has raised over $6 million, according to figures published Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's upcoming trip to Vietnam and Singapore will show that US is in region "to stay," a senior administration official said, as U.S. seeks to bolster international... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alex Gorsky will step down as chief executive of Johnson & Johnson in January, ceding the role to longtime company executive Joaquin Duato, the health care giant announced Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three US senators from different political affiliations and different parts of the country said Thursday they have tested positive for the coronavirus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's last evacuation flight could leave Kabul in five days under an accelerated timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Times newspaper reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a U.N. report found virtually no child... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Syria's air defence system engaged "hostile targets" over the capital Damascus late Thursday, state news agency SANA reported, with a military source claiming they were Israeli missiles. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israelis aged 40 and over will be able to receive coronavirus vaccine booster shots starting this weekend, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Thursday, as the country battles a spike in infections. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the Taliban's desire for international recognition is the Security Council's only leverage to press for inclusive government and respect for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A man who threatened to set off a bomb on Washington's Capitol Hill surrendered to police Thursday, ending an hours-long standoff that rattled lawmakers still shaken by January's pro-Trump... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India told UN Security Council that countries should not place "blocks and holds" without any reason on requests to designate terrorists, warning that any double standards and distinctions between... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Police in Pakistan on Thursday arrested 15 people allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan, after the incident sparked... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pregnant and nursing women who receive the COVID-19 vaccine do not experience symptoms any more severe than their non-pregnant counterparts, according to a survey over 17,000 individuals. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China said it is in talks with Taliban and called for an "objective judgement" on their actions after it seized power in Afghanistan, saying the terrorist group appears to be more "clear eyed and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed Afghanistan in separate phone calls on Thursday, highlighting the importance of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A five-year-old boy who recently arrived in Britain from Afghanistan died after falling out of a hotel window in northern England, British police confirmed on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Foreign ministers from the G7 countries on Thursday urged the Taliban to provide safe passage for those trying to flee Kabul, in the group's first formal statement on the crisis. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appealed to Russians from behind bars on Thursday nearly a year after he was poisoned with what the West says was a nerve agent and told them to vote tactically in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
G7 foreign ministers called on Thursday for the international community to unite in its response to the crisis in Afghanistan to prevent it from escalating further, a statement issued by British... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said Wednesday it shared the same goals on Afghanistan as frequent adversaries China and Russia, which have quickly moved to work with the triumphant Taliban. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States reiterated Wednesday that it did not see Ashraf Ghani as a player in Afghanistan, after the ousted president vowed to return. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US regulators on Wednesday filed insider trading charges against five people, including three former Netflix employees, accusing them of illegally using confidential data on subscriber growth at the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that US troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond their August 31 withdrawal deadline if necessary to evacuate all Americans from the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "chaos" was inevitable once the United States decided to leave Afghanistan after two decades of war. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the Taliban was cooperating with evacuation of Americans and foreigners from Kabul, but US forces were facing "difficulty" in getting Afghan allies out. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is pressing the Taliban to let Afghans flee through the US-controlled airport as they have promised, after reports they have violated those assurances, Deputy Secretary of State... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kuwait will resume commercial flights with India and Egypt, among other countries, while adhering to the COVID-19 measures set by a ministerial committee, a cabinet statement said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Pentagon's top general defended on Wednesday the US military's response to the Taliban's breakneck seizure of power in Afghanistan, saying no one foresaw the collapse of US-trained Afghan forces... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Health Organization condemned Wednesday the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid vaccine booster shots, while millions around the world have yet to receive a single dose. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Just days after Beijing rejected calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Wednesday it remained confident China would cooperate in the investigation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Circulation of the Delta variant in areas of low vaccination is driving transmission of COVID-19 around the world, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Despite its swift takeover of the government in Afghanistan, the Taliban will not have access to most of the nation's cash and gold stocks, the central bank chief said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Nations on Wednesday started moving up to a third of its international staff out of Afghanistan to Kazakhstan, but stressed the world body is "committed to staying and delivering in support... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
EU countries must take in Afghans under "immediate threat" after the victory of the Taliban, especially women and girls, the European commissioner for home affairs said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the Taliban's initial statements and actions suggested Afghanistan's internal problems could be settled through negotiations involving all local... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the terroristsannounced they wanted to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States reiterated Wednesday that it did not see Ashraf Ghani as a player in Afghanistan, after the ousted president vowed to return. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban have promised to improve Afghanistan's economy, but to do that the new regime will need foreign aid -- and there is no guarantee it will get the funds it needs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook may not lift its ban on the Taliban even if the United States stops imposing sanctions on the group, which has rapidly taken control of Afghanistan, the social media company's policy chief... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A senior Taliban leader has said that the role of women in Afghanistan, including their right to work and education and how they should dress, would ultimately be decided by a council of Islamic... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday he supports talks between the Taliban and top former government officials, and that he was "in talks to return" home after seeking refuge in the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss the unfolding situation in Afghanistan and what steps they can take, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden does not believe that the country should be "fighting and dying" in a war for the purpose of sustaining American military boots near Tajikistan or Pakistan or Iran, his National... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand began a strict nationwide lockdown as it faces an outbreak of the delta variant, which on Wednesday was linked to the worsening Covid-19 crisis in neighboring Australia as cases in New... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand's city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt any spread of the infectious Delta variant... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sydney's Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said on Wednesday, as Australia's largest city continued to break records for new daily infections despite... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military has evacuated more than 3,200 people from Afghanistan so far, including 1,100 on Tuesday alone, a White House official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban have pledged not to seek "revenge" against their opponents in Afghanistan in their first press conference since taking power, as the United States said they would hold the terrorists to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain on Tuesday announced a resettlement scheme for Afghans fleeing the Taliban after their return to power, offering an initial 5,000 places in the first year, rising to up to 20,000 in the long... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding human remains that were found in the wheel well of one of its C-17s that flew out of Kabul amid the chaos of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation's civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought torrential downpours on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A woman TikToker in Pakistan has alleged that her clothes were torn and she was thrown into the air by hundreds of people who also assaulted her on the occasion of Independence Day here, media reports... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday and agreed on convening a virtual summit of the G7 leaders, the White House said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed a loan agreement with China worth 2 billion Renminbi (USD 308 million) to support its COVID-19 response, economic revival and financial stability, the Chinese embassy said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is open to maintaining its diplomatic presence at Kabul's airport after a withdrawal deadline at the end of the month if conditions permit, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The White House acknowledged Tuesday that the Taliban had amassed a significant amount of US military equipment after seizing control of Afghanistan following two decades of war with American forces. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US intelligence agencies had warned of the prospect of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and a rapid collapse of the Afghan military, according to a leading American daily. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Nations Human Rights Council announced Tuesday it will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24 to address the "serious human rights concerns" following the Taliban takeover. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden has not spoken with any of his fellow world leaders since Kabul fell to the Taliban, the White House said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as US social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify their rules on the group that is in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said Tuesday the Taliban had promised safe passage for thousands of civilians seeking to reach Kabul airport with a view to leaving Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have spoken out regarding the Taliban seizing power in Afghanistan, as well as calamity-stricken Haiti. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A crowd crouching on the wing of a plane as it taxies down the runway, one of them recording the moment on a cellphone -- a new video has emerged that starkly captures the desperation of Afghans to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan women and girls who have won freedoms they could not have dreamt of under the last Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago are desperate not to lose them now they are back in power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk legend sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the latest developments in Afghanistan and underlined the urgency of restoring airports in Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Five children and an adult were taken to hospital with injuries after a self-driving Tesla Inc Model 3 crashed in a school car park in southern England on Monday evening, the Telegraph reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Kabul airport reopened early Tuesday morning Afghanistan time after being closed for hours by US forces following a breakdown in security on the tarmac that interrupted evacuation operations, a US... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The preliminary count of the 7.2 magnitude quake that struck southwestern Haiti rose Monday to 1,419 dead and more than 6,900 injured, according to the country's civil protection agency. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said Monday that it would only recognize a Taliban government in Afghanistan if it respects the rights of women and shuns extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said Monday that a longer war in Afghanistan would have benefited China and Russia, even as his top diplomat consulted the two adversaries on the swift Taliban victory. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden warned the Taliban Monday not to disrupt or threaten the evacuation of thousands of American diplomats and Afghan translators at the Kabul airport. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The rapid collapse of the Afghan government and military to the Taliban was due to the lack of leadership, despite years of aid and training by the United States, the Pentagon said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have submitted to U.S. regulators the initial data from an early-stage trial toward seeking authorization of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Turkey because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in that nation but eased its advisory for India. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The head of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, told Taliban in Doha Sunday not to attack the Kabul airport, a US defense official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The U.N. Security Council on Monday called for talks to create a new government in Afghanistan and an end to fighting and abuse after U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned of "chilling" curbs on human... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
While many countries are scrambling to empty their embassies and remove their staff from Afghanistan, Russia is staying put -- it has long prepared for the arrival of the Taliban in Kabul. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday discussed the collapse of Afghanistan's Western-backed government with China and Russia, frequent US adversaries that have moved quickly to work with the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Uzbekistan said Monday that it forced the landing of 46 Afghan aircraft carrying 585 troops that illegally crossed its border on a weekend which saw the Afghan government swept away by the Taliban. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Allies and critics alike on Monday condemned the United States over the botched end to its 20-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with a leading German politician slamming the pullout as "the biggest... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report to member states on Monday seen by Reuters, despite Western warnings that such work threatens... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NATO envoys will hold emergency talks on Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan as Western powers scramble to evacuate personnel from Kabul after the Taliban takeover, an alliance official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose country holds the rotating G7 presidency, on Monday called for the grouping's leaders to discuss Afghanistan and to prevent a humanitarian fall-out from... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The airport at Kabul - the only exit point for Afghans in the landlocked nation desperate to escape another Taliban regime - has been chaotic since Sunday. Five people died yesterday - it is not known... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India today expressed hope that the situation in Afghanistan "stabilises soon" and "there is an inclusive dispensation which represents all sections of Afghan society". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after the terror group took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as U.S.-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A video of hundreds of Afghans jostling to climb into an aeroplane to fly out of the country amid the Taliban's return may become the latest defining image of desperation in a war-torn country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US troops fired shots into the air at Kabul airport on Monday as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching a flight out of the country after the Taliban takeover of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taliban terrorists marched into Kabul Sunday, preparing to take full control of Afghanistan two decades after they were removed by the US military. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As Covid-19 surged last year, governments worldwide touted the hope of "herd immunity," a promised land where the virus stopped spreading exponentially because enough people were protected against it.... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew and a further two weeks of lockdown amid a surge in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ola Electric Mobility Pvt priced its electric scooter at 99,999 rupees ($1,348) in an attempt to crack the affordability barrier for electric two-wheelers in value-conscious India. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban were in control of Afghanistan on Monday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Sunday led more than 65 nations in urging the Taliban to let Afghans leave the country, warning of accountability for any abuses. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hunched on benches, curled up in chairs or even lying the floor, those injured in the powerful earthquake that wreaked havoc on Haiti on Saturday crowded an overburdened hospital near the epicenter. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States lowered the flag on its embassy in Kabul and has relocated almost all staff to the airport, where US forces are taking over air traffic control, officials said Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hundreds of unarmed defence personnel joined thousands of extra police to set up roadblocks and enforce COVID-19 lockdown rules in parts of Sydney on Monday, while dozens of new venues were added to a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The spokesman for the Taliban's political office on Sunday declared the war was over in Afghanistan and called for peaceful relations with the international community. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The death count in Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Donald Trump called for his successor Joe Biden to resign on Sunday over the swift takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban militants, as US troops withdrew from the country after nearly... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN called on the Taliban to exercise restraint Sunday, and particularly to protect the rights of women and girls, after the militants entered Kabul and cemented their grip on the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden on Sunday authorized the deployment of another 1,000 US troops to Kabul to aid in the effort to evacuate thousands of US and Afghan civilians, a Pentagon official said, as the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday announced snap elections for September 20 to seek a new mandate to steer the nation's pandemic exit, much to the dismay of his rival parties. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said Sunday, as the Taliban entered the capital. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Germany on Sunday shuttered its embassy in Kabul and prepared to send A400M military transport planes to Afghanistan to evacuate as many Germans and local Afghan helpers as possible, after Taliban... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that he had fled the country on Sunday to "prevent a flood of bloodshed", as the Taliban entered the capital, capping a lightning offensive across the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nobody should bilaterally recognise the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today, adding it was clear that there would be a new administration in the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's Taliban terrorists entered Kabul on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani left the country and the US Embassy said the capital's airport, where diplomats, officials and other Afghans had fled,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
European powers present in Afghanistan moved today to evacuate their nationals and local staff as the Taliban were poised to take power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani prided himself on being one of the foremost global experts on failed states, only to watch his administration collapse. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban entered Afghanistan capital Kabul today and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the terrorists saying they were seeking complete power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The death count from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 magnitude quake and as a tropical... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
With the Taliban set to take over power in Afghanistan, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she is worried for the safety of women, minorities and human rights advocates. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has asked both government forces and the Taliban to protect the people as the terrorists, set to take over power in the country, entered the national capital... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A fuel tank blast in Lebanon today killed 28 people and left nearly 80 others injured, authorities and medics said, scalding a crowd that was clamouring for gasoline in the crisis-hit country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban want to take control of Afghanistan "in the next few days", a spokesman for the group told the BBC Sunday, as their fighters encircled the capital. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia is working with other countries to hold an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan as the Taliban completes its military takeover of the country, foreign ministry official Zamir... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin extended his warm greetings to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban fighters entered Afghan capital Kabul, residents told news agency AFP. The Taliban raced closer to a complete military takeover of Afghanistan Sunday after capturing more major cities,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 20 people were killed and nearly 80 others wounded when a fuel tanker exploded in Lebanon's northern region of Akkar, the Red Cross and state media said on Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Torrential rain lashed much of Japan on Sunday, submerging roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people were feared dead after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban took control of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad early Sunday, effectively leaving the capital Kabul as the last major urban area under government control. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden on Saturday doubled down on his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan despite the Taliban's rapid advances, but pledged to send more troops to evacuate civilians and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The death count from an earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday has jumped to 227, the country's civil protection agency said, having initially reported 29 deaths. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taliban forces captured a major city in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul, where Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Canadian government has announced that it will permanently re-settle 20,000 "vulnerable" Afghans, including Sikhs and Hindus, who are fleeing the war-torn country amidst a deadly offensive... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban's rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan's future but also about the impact on other countries in the region and their economies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Vladimir Putin today said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year is "absolutely unprecedented" as local officials ask for Moscow's help to tackle fires and floods. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Poland's president has decided to sign a bill that would set limits on the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazi German occupiers and retained by post-war communist rulers, a move likely... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan on Saturday reopened the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing with Afghanistan, after two rounds of successful negotiations with the Taliban on repatriating stranded individuals. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia on Saturday said all eight people onboard a Russian water-dropping plane died when it crashed in Turkey during a firefighting mission. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year has been "absolutely unprecedented". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UK today reduced the cost of COVID-19 tests for international travellers from Amber list countries like India from 88 pounds to 68 pounds, after many representations over the high charges of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A BBC journalist said on Saturday that Russia was expelling her and had told her she could never return in "devastating" treatment showing the country she reported on for years was turning inwards. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's biggest city announced tighter Covid restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing on Saturday as authorities battled to contain a Delta outbreak and said they were seeing the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Saturday the remobilisation of the country's armed forces was a "top priority", as Taliban terrorists inched closer to the capital after routing the country's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
American troops have flown into Kabul to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians in the Afghan capital, a U.S. official said on Saturday, a day after Taliban insurgents seized the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India, Germany, Qatar, Turkey and several other nations have reaffirmed to not recognise any government in Afghanistan that is imposed through the use of military force and called for an immediate end... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An American father charged with killing his two children with a spear fishing gun claims he was "enlightened" by QAnon and other conspiracy theories and was saving the world from "monsters" who had... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban seized more major cities on Friday as they raced towards full control of Afghanistan and inched closer to Kabul, with the United States preparing to airlift thousands of people a day out... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to protect them from Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A nearly seven-year-old civil lawsuit alleging Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teen girl will move forward, a judge ruled Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"Horrifying" reports have emerged that the Taliban have severely restricted the rights of Afghan women and girls in areas they have seized, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kabul does not face an "imminent threat" from the Taliban but the insurgents are seeking to isolate the capital amid rapid gains elsewhere in Afghanistan, the US Defense Department said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Scientists have developed a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate that mimics the shape of the virus to trigger robust antibody response in animals. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain will not abandon Afghanistan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Friday, even as he confirmed the imminent withdrawal of most embassy staff in the face of a rapid Taliban onslaught. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Friday, in the latest data to underline the climate crisis. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban have captured the key southern city of Lashkar Gah, a senior Afghan security source told AFP on Friday, confirming a claim by the insurgents. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Thursday authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the country struggles to thwart the Delta variant. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
David Burke's staff are busy putting up blue and green balloons. The places are set, glasses polished, and candles lit. Music from The Godfather plays in the background. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook on Thursday postponed workers' return to the office until early next year due to surging cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Numerous videos have surfaced on social media appearing to show Chinese officials locking residents inside their homes as China grapples with a nationwide surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday said his climate fund would pour $1.5 billion into projects with the United States if the government enacts a program to cut carbon emissions currently... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre Moraes on Thursday opened a probe into right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for posting documents to social media from a sealed police investigation into the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The top Republican in Congress blasted President Joe Biden Thursday for his "reckless policy" on Afghanistan, as the United States moved to evacuate embassy workers ahead of the Taliban advance. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban claimed Friday to have captured Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, which would leave just the capital and pockets of other territory in the government's hands. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A bus blast last month that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, was a suicide bombing by Islamist militants backed by the Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, Pakistani Foreign... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britney Spears' father is to step down as conservator of her estate, US media reported Thursday, seemingly ending a bitter legal battle with his daughter. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A mob attacked Indian businesses and vehicles in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Thursday, the police said, part of ongoing fallout from a Congolese student's death in Indian police custody... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghanistan's third largest city, Herat, was on the verge of falling to the Taliban on Thursday amid heavy fighting, as the terrorist group also established a bridgehead within 150 km (95 miles) of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
One person died and 15 people were injured after a blast in a bus in the city of Voronezh in central Russia on Thursday evening, the RIA news agency reported, citing regional health department. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Police in southwest England said Thursday there had been "a number of fatalities" in a "serious firearms incident" in the city of Plymouth, which a local lawmaker described as "not terror related". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J