Kabul airport attack: What do we know?
Two powerful bomb blasts have struck the perimeter of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, as civilians continued to seek to escape on flights from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. At least 60 people…
India hurries teacher vaccinations as some physical classes resume
NEW DELHI: India will supply millions of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to its states to try to inoculate all school teachers by early next month, the health minister said on…
‘Zombie apocalypse’: Fear grips Afghans under Taliban rule
KABUL: Streets that were once bustling with life have fallen silent. Few women dare to leave their homes. Fighters patrol the neighborhoods. Welcome to the new Kabul, a city ruled…
Attacker kills three police and security guard near the French embassy in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM: An attacker wielding an assault rifle was shot dead after killing three police and an employee of a private security company near the French embassy in the…
Russia is playing S-400 card in Turkey for strategic purposes, say experts
Amid increased contact between Turkey and the western world over developments in Afghanistan and the potential refugee influx, Russia has placed the S-400 missile defense system on the table –…
UK’s Johnson says G7 agreed Taliban must allow departures after Aug. 31
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed to a plan to deal with the Taliban, with their number one condition being that militants must…
Ankara rejects any plans to set up offshore hubs for refugees
The Turkish government reacted angrily to claims made in the UK media about the prospective establishment of an offshore asylum processing center in Turkey, as a third country, for Afghan…
Hurricane Grace: Mexican man buries wife and five children killed in mudslide
The funeral has been held of a family of six who died when a landslide engulfed their home in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday. A mother and five…
Iran resumes fuel exports to Afghanistan after Taliban request,
Iran restarted exports of gasoline and gasoil to Afghanistan a few days ago, following a request from the Taliban, Iran’s Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union said on Monday.…
The Philippines reports record coronavirus cases as Delta variant spreads
MANILA: The Philippines health ministry reported a record 18,332 COVID-19 infections on Monday and for the first time acknowledged community transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus…