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What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban
Amira Jadoon, United States Military Academy West Point and Andrew Mines, George Washington University An attack on a crowd gathered outside Kabul’s airport on Aug.
60 Afghans, 13 US troops killed in recent bloodshed in Kabul airport
At least 60 Afghans and 13 United States troops were killed in an attack by a couple of suicide bombers and armed men in Kabul’s
Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender
Todd Lehmann, University of Michigan The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman
More than 2,000 deaths reported from Haiti earthquake; US deploys addt’l forces
Another challenging day greeted Haiti on Wednesday as the death toll surpassed the 2,000 mark following the search and rescue efforts. Tropical Storm Grace has
Women were denied work as Taliban reached cities
Taliban fighters in early July were claiming territory from government forces around Afghanistan. Some of them stormed the Azizi Bank offices in Kandahar and directed
76th Hiroshima bomb anniversary remembered
The world’s first atomic bombing on Hiroshima marked its 76th year on Friday, as global leaders were pushed by a Japanese city mayor to come
Boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya; 57 presumed dead
A UN migration official confirmed that a boat with migrants on board off Libya met a sea mishap, leaving around 57 passengers assumed dead. According to International Organization for Migration spokesperson Safa Msheli, the boat departed from Khums, a western coastal town, on Sunday. It carried a total of 75 people. Msehli said 18 people were retrieved and were brought to shore on Monday. According to the reports of the survivors, who were from Ghana, Gambia, and Nigeria, the boat
Israeli responds to militants’ combustion balloons with air strikes
For the first time since the armistice concluded 11 days of cross-border battle in May, Israel released airstrikes on the Gaza Strips, responding to the
A billion vaccines to the world: G-7 pitches in help against pandemic
G-7 leaders on Thursday have pledged to share one billion coronavirus vaccines internationally. According to a report by The Associated Press, the move was announced
Brexit negotiator must compromise with border checks: US officials warn as Biden arrives in UK
UK’s Brexit negotiator Lord Frost was warned by the Senior US embassy diplomats in London, as well as of US national security adviser Jake Sullivan,
In 2 decades, world marks hike in child labor: UN
The United Nations on Thursday said that the world has recorded an increase in child labor in 20 years and the current pandemic is feared
The pandemic has slowed tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist temples, but the impact is more than economic
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic. In
WHO replaces place-based tag for COVID virus variants to Greek letter names
Instead of using names after the places, the World Health Organization has put in place a new system to identify COVID-19 variants to avoid difficulties