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The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices
The Intercept 17 Aug 2021
The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, current and former military officials have told The Intercept ... military personnel, all of whom worried that sensitive data they contain could be used by the Taliban ... It’s unclear how much of the U.S ... I’m in ... .
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US asks 150 countries not to come to UN meeting
The Independent 19 Aug 2021
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. .
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Taliban takeover risks emboldening jihadists worldwide: analysts
The Jakarta Post 19 Aug 2021
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photo: US Army / Master Sgt. Michel Sauret
'We were bribing them to fight!' Trump inadvertently admits Biden is 100 percent right about Afghan army
Raw Story 18 Aug 2021
In a strange agreement with President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump railed against the war in Afghanistan and the pointlessness of continuing to be there ... He claimed that, for years, Afghan fighters were doing the work on the ground because the U.S ... The U.S ... .
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'A big win': USPS must turn over docs about DeJoy's potential conflicts of interest
Alternet 19 Aug 2021
A leading government ethics watchdog on Wednesday cheered a federal judge's ruling ordering the United States Postal Service to hand over documents concerning potential conflicts of interest involving embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. U.S. District Judge John D ... USPS claimed the documents were FOIA-exempt ... This is a big deal ... Rep ... Rep ... .
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Guinean authorities identify 58 contacts of Ebola sufferer
Manila Standard Today 19 Aug 2021
Guinean authorities on Wednesday announced that 58 people had been confined to their homes after being identified as contacts of a woman who contracted the Ebola virus ... It was Ivory Coast's first known case of the disease since 1994. Ebola is often deadly, causing severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding ... .
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Europeans express ‘grave concern’ over IAEA report on Iran
Federal News Radio 19 Aug 2021
BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministries of Germany, France and Britain on Thursday expressed “grave concern” over the latest report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog that said Iran continues to produce uranium metal, which can be used in the production of a nuclear bomb ... The U.S ... pullout ... U.S ... must drop all sanctions ... Read more. World News ... .
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More deaths reported in Afghanistan as Taliban fighters open fire at Independence Day rally
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Aug 2021
The incident in the eastern Afghanistan city of Asadabad comes a day after three people were killed in a similar demonstration where Taliban fighters cracked down on flag-waving protesters ... .
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Alexei Navalny calls for tougher action on global corruption
The Guardian 19 Aug 2021
Exclusive. Russian opposition leader likely to infuriate Kremlin with letter dictated from behind bars Alexei Navalny ... ....
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Tensions over aid grow in Haiti as quake's deaths pass 2K
Star Tribune 19 Aug 2021photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Police Investigating "Active Bomb Threat" Near US Capitol
NDTV 19 Aug 2021
Police said Thursday a suspicious vehicle near the US Capitol building and Library of Congress was being investigated for possible explosives and that people were told to leave the area ... .
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North Korea’s no-sail warning expires without missile launches, suggesting ‘technical glitches’
South China Morning Post 19 Aug 2021
A spokesman for Seoul’s defence ministry… .
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Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR
Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2021
Read full article. 19 August 2021, 11.36 am·1-min read. DOUALA (Reuters) - Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this month, with 19 villages torched, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday ... 10 between Choa Arab herders and Mousgoum fishermen and farmers, the UNHCR said ... TRENDING. ANI ... News18 ... .
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Spain court orders end to Barcelona virus curfew
The Times of India 19 Aug 2021photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny
'Pool of blood, loved ones around her': Taliban kill woman for not wearing burqa
NewstalkZB 19 Aug 2021
Taliban fighters shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa in Afghanistan Tuesday — the same day the group pledged to usher in a new inclusive era in the country that honours "women's rights" ... The militants urged women to return to school and work, and another Taliban spokesman granted a televised interview to a female journalist ... Photo / AP ... .
