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UK: The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will inspire terrorists and trigger an “explosion” of extremism and security challenges for the world, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned on Thursday. Speaking to the BBC, the Cabinet…

AFGHANISTAN: U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now racing to evacuate as many people from that country as possible before the end of the month, officials said Thursday, but it remains unclear how many will make it to safety before troops…

This 2001 file photo shows Shannon Spann, wife of CIA officer Johnny Michael “Mike” Spann, follows her husband’s casket to the grave site, holding her 6-month old son Jake, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington. In November of…

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf nation says. Mr Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city Kabul over the weekend. The UAE's foreign ministry…

Australia’s most populous state reported a record 633 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The previous record in New South Wales, which includes Sydney, was 466…

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that had tested postiive for Covid-19, his office shared that he was treated with a therapy not yet approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, but one of the few shown to be effective…

Almost 20 years before SARS-CoV-2, a related and even more lethal coronavirus sowed panic, killing nearly 10% of the 8000 people who became infected. But the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may have left some…

US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be offered this fall, subject to authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and sign off from…

JAPAN: Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said Tuesday. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer. Known as the “Godfather of…

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa has started manufacturing rapid Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits in an effort to stop relying on imports and improve the country’s competitiveness, said Minister of Higher Education, Science…