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Joe Biden asks question on wildfires, White House cuts livestream mid-sentence

The White House abruptly cut the livestreaming of US President Joe Biden's speech in Idaho, where he met officials to discuss the wildfires that have been ravaging western United States. The incident took place when Biden was asking a...

China slams upcoming in-person Quad summit in Washington

China on Tuesday said regional cooperation cliques formed to target a third country will not be popular and have no future, in its first warning shot against the upcoming US-led first in-person meeting of the Quad countries including India,...

In first airlift since US withdrawal, 200 non-Afghans set to leave Taliban-controlled Kabul

About 200 non-Afghans are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport on Thursday, according to news agencies. Reports suggest that the foreigners allowed to leave Afghanistan include 30 Americans in the first airlift since the final US...

‘It looked apocalyptic…’: US Air Force members, last to leave Afghanistan, on scenes near Kabul airport

Pilots and crew members of the final five C-17 aircraft of the US Air Force to leave Afghanistan have described as “apocalyptic,” scenes near the Kabul airport as the United States finally ended its 20-year military presence in the...

Taliban say they feel betrayed because US disabled helicopters, planes: Report

As US forces left Afghanistan, the Taliban fighters erupted in joy. They marched on the tarmac of Kabul airport, the last stronghold of the western forces till August 31, even fired in the air expressing their happiness. But just days...

US warns of ‘specific’ threat, Biden says attack ‘highly likely’

The US state department has told Americans still in Afghanistan to immediately leave the area around the Kabul airport citing a “specific, credible threat” just after President Joe Biden said his military commanders had warned that an attack was...

One phone call: How a US veteran managed to get his visa-less wife out of Afghanistan

Whipped by the Taliban and shoved from behind by other desperate Afghans, marriage certificate in hand, Sharifa Afzali thrust her cell phone at the U.S. soldier barring the Kabul airport gate. On the other end was her husband, a...

Want to continue our political, trade ties with India: Taliban leader Stanekzai

Taliban leader Sher Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai has said the group wants to continue Afghanistan’s political, economic and cultural ties with India, the first time a member of the Taliban’s top hierarchy has spoken on the issue since the takeover...

Biden raises possibility of US staying beyond August end

US President Joe Biden on Sunday said discussions are under way on whether or not to extend the evacuation deadline beyond August 31, the last day he has committed himself to for Americans to leave Afghanistan. Biden also indicated that...

Afghans in danger ‘have no clear way out,’ warns UN refugee agency after Taliban takeover

Afghans who may be in danger after the Taliban's takeover “have no clear way out”, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Shabia Mantoo, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a media briefing...

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Canada to Phase Out Remote Border Crossing Permits, Introduce Phone Reporting by 2026

Canada is preparing to end a long running remote border entry system used along parts of the U.S. border,...