Taiwan's foreign minister accused China on Saturday of wanting to "emulate" the Taliban, saying the island that Beijing claims as sovereign Chinese territory did not wish to be subject to communism or crimes against humanity ... Writing on Twitter in response to the U.S ...The StandardChannel. IOSAndroid. IOS Android. More>> ... arms sales ... .
Hurricane Grace slammed into Mexico for a second time early Saturday as a major Category Three storm, threatening to bring significant flooding and mudslides, US forecasters said ... Category Three is the third highest of five levels on the Saffir-Simpson scale ... Authorities closed most highways in Veracruz, which is crossed by numerous rivers ... ....
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KABUL/WASHINGTON--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) away, the Pentagon said on Friday ... troops and the Islamic militants' swift takeover of the country ... "... U.S ... 31 U.S. deadline ... 11 attacks ... .
The United States is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to New York to speak in person at the UN General Assembly next month to consider giving a video address instead to prevent the annual high-level week from becoming “a super-spreader event.” ... ASSOCIATED PRESS. .
aliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It is not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English and Dari languages went offline Friday ... sanctions laws.
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Other senior Taliban leaders seen in the capital in recent days include Khalil Haqqani - one of America's most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head ... ....
Berlin, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 21st Aug, 2021 ) .German ChancellorAngela Merkel on Saturday gave her would-be successor Armin Laschet a ringing endorsement, in a bid to shore up his ailing election campaign which has triggered fears their party could crash out of government ... I have no desire to go into opposition." ....
Haitian Prime MinisterArielHenry pledged Friday to organize elections as soon as possible despite the devastation of last week's earthquake, in a nation still reeling from its president's assassination ... .
This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation's Summit Station observed rainfall at the peak of Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet for the first time on record—an event driven by warming temperatures. "It's something that's hard to imagine without the influence of global climate change." ... "Like the heat wave in the [U.S ... .
The former head of Tunisia’s Anti-Corruption Committee was placed under house arrest, hours after security forces took control of the commission’s headquarters. Chawki Tabib was the head of the independent authority from 2016 until he was dismissed by former Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh in 2020 ... .
A former tour manager for US R&B singer R. Kelly has testified that he bribed a government worker in 1994 to obtain a fake ID for then 15-year-old Aaliyah - so the singers could marry. DemetriusSmith said he paid $500 (£367) for an ID used by Mr Kelly, then 27, to wed Aaliyah, who was under age ... He has denied the charges ... Kelly ... Related Topics. .
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