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AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban is expected to adopt the Iranian model of the political system for governance. Talks have been ongoing between the top Taliban leadership in Kandahar for the last 4 days with a government formation announcement…

US, AFGHANISTAN: The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in members of the militant group escorting clusters of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport, CNN reported. One of the…

New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a "violent extremist" known to the police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket. The attacker, a Sri Lankan national…

US: The US is exploring ways to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies looking to leave the war-torn nation including via land routes, American officials said, reasserting a commitment to help eligible people who were not…

THE NETHERLANDS: Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world’s first floating farm. In the low-lying Netherlands where land is…

UK: Mamma mia, here we go again! Fans are about to gimme, gimme, gimme ABBA all their money, money, money, as the Eurovision-winning pop stars have just announced that they are about to release their first studio album in 40 years.…

AUSTRALIA: Australia has reported another record number of 1,477 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the country continued to battle the raging third wave of the infections. The new cases took the overall infection tally to 56,212,…

UK: The British Government unveiled plans yesterday to make pet abduction a new criminal offence, in response to a pandemic-fuelled spike in dognapping and other animal thefts. The offence is among the recommendations of a task…

INDIA: Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common. Scores of people have met…

JAPAN: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, effectively ending his tenure after just one year, his party’s secretary general said. Suga announced his intention to…