A Taliban fighter shot dead an Afghan folk singer in a restive mountain province under unclear circumstances, his family said yesterday. The killing reignited concerns among activists that the insurgents
President Joe Biden is embarking on a solemn journey to honor and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return
Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength yesterday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just hours before hitting the Louisiana coast as emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters
Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many
The Queen’s cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, has been killed by a bomb blast on his boat in Ireland. One of the earl’s twin grandsons, Nicholas, 14, and Paul Maxwell, 15, a
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the
Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport last night, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to
Workers at public hospitals in Greece held a five-hour work stoppage yesterday to protest a government decision making vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory for all health care workers in the public
President Dwight D Eisenhower was speaking shortly after landing at Wahn Airport, Bonn, on the first day of his European tour. Mr Eisenhower is visiting the country to reassure West Germans
Vice President Kamala Harris called on Vietnam to join the U.S. in challenging China’s “bullying” in the South China Sea, continuing her sharp rhetoric against Beijing as she met with
TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app — something they had only been able to do through ads until now. Canadian
U.S. officials are continuing to investigate two possible cases of so-called Havana Syndrome health incidents that delayed Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip from Singapore to Vietnam. The investigation was in its
After four years under German occupation, Paris is now free. Last night, the French 2nd Armoured Division under General Philippe Leclerc was the first Allied force to enter the city, greeted
Two months ago, the leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized democracies met at the height of summer on England’s southwest coast. It was a happy occasion: the first in-person
The head of Germany’s national labor agency says the country needs significantly more immigrants to plug gaps in the work force as the population ages. Federal Labor Agency Chairman Detlef Scheele
McDonald’s says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers. The fast-food chain says
Two penguins from Chessington Zoo have been taken on a day trip to a local ice-rink to cool off during London’s sweltering temperatures. As temperatures in the London area reached nearly
U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea said yesterday he’s ready to meet his North Korean counterparts “anywhere and at any time” as he held discussions with South
Vietnam’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, has begun a tightened lockdown to battle the coronavirus, a day ahead of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to the capital, Hanoi. Police
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has appeared on state television with western hostages, provoking a storm of outrage. Saddam told the group of more than a dozen mainly British people they had
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