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Death toll from floods in Germany rises to 133
At least 133 people have so far been killed in floods in western Germany, officials confirmed Saturday. More than 90 people lost their lives in the hard-hit Ahrweiler district of the Rhineland-Palatinate state, the Koblenz Police…
Raisi calls for ‘effective’ nuclear talks, rules out meeting with Biden
Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week.
Raisi also ruled out meeting US…
Bangladesh extends strict lockdown as coronavirus cases hit new record
A Bangladesh army personnel stands along a road in Dhaka on July 1, 2021, during a strict Covid-19 Coronavirus lockdown, with the army and police ordered to stop people leaving their homes except for emergencies or to buy essentials. —…
Top Afghan peace broker departs for Doha to attend crucial peace talks
A top Afghan delegation, led by the country’s peace council chairman Abdullah Abdullah, departed for Qatar’s capital Doha on Friday for crucial talks with the Taliban amid ensuing violence in Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters at the Kabul…
US could slow pullout from Afghanistan: Pentagon
The US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday.
Kirby stressed that President Joe Biden´s deadline of a full withdrawal by…
50 killed in Philippines military plane crash
The Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent Philippines army graduates, when it overshot the runway Handout Joint Task Force-Sulu/AFPPhilippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote…
US vows to build support base for peace in Afghanistan
The US will continue to solicit strong regionally and internationally support for the Afghan peace process, American Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Thursday. Her comments were made during a C5+1 meeting in the…
China vaccine doses pass one billion mark
The number of Covid-19 jabs administered in China has passed the one billion mark, health officials said Sunday, more than a third of the doses given worldwide.
The announcement by the National Health Commission comes…
US expects to finish troop withdrawal ‘by end of August’
American troops are seen in Afghanistan in this AFP file photo.WASHINGTON: The United States expects to finish withdrawing troops from Afghanistan "by the end of August".The announcement came after all American and NATO soldiers left…
At least 20 dead in Germany as storms lash Europe
MAYEN, GERMANY - Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 20 people in Germany and left around 50 missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse on Thursday. Unusually heavy rains also ravaged…