Washington. CIA DirectorWilliam J ...Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so. The CIA declined to comment on the Taliban meeting but the discussions likely involved the impending Aug ... .
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIANEWSNETWORK) - China has urged the United States to correct its practice of using an initiative to contain China and to stop disturbing normal bilateral communication as well as cooperation in areas such as science and people-to-people exchanges ... More on this topic. � ....
Israeli warplanes struck targets in Gaza overnight on Monday, drawing machine-gun fire from Hamas in the heaviest escalation since Israel's deadly 11-day bombing campaign in May. The Israeli military claimed a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight hit a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, a tunnel and an underground rocket launch site ... ....
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen. Sergei Savostyanov\TASS via Getty Images A Taliban spokesman warned that extending the US withdrawal deadline could provoke a "reaction." It came hours after Biden said the US could extend its Aug. 31 deadline to help evacuation efforts ... See more stories on Insider's business page ... "It's a red line ... ....
ABUJA. Gunmen killed two Nigerian military personnel and abducted another in an attack on an army training college in the northern state of Kaduna on Tuesday, a spokesman said, highlighting the authorities' loss of control over escalating violence ...Start a Conversation. .
Seven people at a German university had to seek medical attention on Tuesday after exhibiting symptoms of poisoning, according to The Associated Press. Students and employees at the Technical University in Darmstadt reportedly began experiencing symptoms on Monday ... The liquid found reportedly gave off a powerful smell.ADVERTISEMENT ... ....
The leader of the far-right ProudBoys group has been sentenced to nearly six months in jail for burning a stolen Black Lives Matters flag in December. Enrique Tarrio, 37, pleaded guilty in July to two crimes. burning the flag and bringing two high-capacity gun magazines into Washington DC ... Tarrio became a national leader in 2018 ... - BBC. .
The UN rights chief has voiced grave concern at the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban swept into power, saying their treatment of women would mark a "fundamental red line" ... "The onus is now fully on the Taliban to translate these commitments into reality," she said ... Read More. ... .
Climate change made the extreme rainfall and floods that devastated Germany and Belgium last month at least 20 per cent more likely to happen, scientists said on Tuesday ...Scientists gave a warning of more extreme weather to come.Read more ... .
AP Moller-Maersk has ordered eight vessels which are able to run on carbon-neutral methanol to accelerate the decarbonisation of its fleet and meet increased customer demand for greener transportation. The Danish company has vowed to only order new vessels which can use carbon-neutral fuel as it seeks to deliver net-zero emissions by 2050 ... .