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US: Former US President Donald Trump has slammed his successor Joe Biden on his Afghan policy and expressed concerns that thousands of terrorists might have been flown out of Afghanistan as part of the evacuation process. Biden…

US President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to retaliate for a terrorist attack that killed 13 US service members outside Kabul's international airport even as he said the frantic mission to airlift Americans from Afghanistan would continue.…

An Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Thursday killed 92 people including 13 US Service members just outside Kabul airport and there are fears that the death toll could rise. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told…

CHINA: As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, a Chinese envoy here has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to stick to science-based origins-tracing rather than yield to political manipulation by parties…

JAPAN: Dogs are known for a variety of qualities with the standout ones being strong sense of smell, alertness and loyalty. However, one study that was performed by researcher Akiko Takaoka and team at Kyoto University in Japan found…

AUSTRALIA: Authorities in Australia’s New South Wales state say they will ease pandemic restrictions for vaccinated adults next month even as they are reporting a record 1,029 coronavirus infections and three deaths from COVID-19.…

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand on Friday extended a national lockdown sparked by a Delta virus outbreak into next week but warned restrictions would last longer in the infection epicentre of Auckland. The Delta cluster emerged in…

At least 1,500 American citizens remain in Afghanistan with just days left before the scheduled U.S. withdrawal from the country, but officials on Wednesday acknowledged the reality that tens of thousands of Afghan allies and others at…

At least 13 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, a Taliban official has said, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. A “complex attack” on Thursday at the…

A Taliban official told the media that a bombing outside Kabul’s airport has killed 13 people, including children. Numerous Taliban guards are among the injured, the official said. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed that two…