News Archives for World - 2021-08-19

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World

Biden: 'Military force' not the way to protect women's rights

The idea that we're able to deal with the rights of women around the world by military force is not rational, Biden said in the ABC News interview, his first since the Taliban victory triggered a frantic final US withdrawal

Published 19 Aug, 2021 08:34pm

World

Kabul evacuees touch down in UAE on way to new life in UK

Dozens of exhausted passengers waited at one of the airport's departure gates during a stopover ahead of the second leg of what they hoped would be their journey to safety

Published 19 Aug, 2021 08:29pm

World

Afghan woman news anchor stopped from working after Taliban takeover

Wearing a hijab and showing her office card, well-known news anchor Shabnam Dawran said "our lives are under threat" in the clip on social media

Published 19 Aug, 2021 08:15pm

World

US has airlifted 7,000 people from Afghanistan: Pentagon

Since the start of evacuation operations on August 14th, we have airlifted approximately 7,000 total evacuees

Published 19 Aug, 2021 08:09pm

World

Son of slain Afghan hero Massoud vows resistance, seeks support

In a Washington Post editorial, Ahmad Massoud, the 32-year-old son of the former mujahideen commander, said members of the Afghan military including some from the elite Special Forces units had rallied to his cause and he appealed to the West for help

Published 19 Aug, 2021 06:02pm

World

Biden says Taliban must decide if they want international recognition

US president says he does not think the group has changed its beliefs

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 05:49pm

World

Iran Covid deaths top 100,000: health ministry

In the past 24 hours, 31,266 people tested positive for coronavirus and 564 died, the ministry said

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:30pm

World

Anti-Taliban forces massing in Panjshir Valley, says Russia

Lavrov also reiterated his call for an inclusive dialogue involving all political players in Afghanistan for the formation of a "representative government"

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:14pm

World

Taliban urge Afghans to leave Kabul airport after days of deadly chaos

While Kabul has been generally calm since Taliban forces entered on Sunday after a week of stunning advances across the country, the airport has been in chaos as people rushed for a way out of Afghan capital

Published 19 Aug, 2021 02:54pm

World

Taliban takeover biggest event since Crimea: EU's Borrell

Borrell reiterated that the EU was being forced to "establish channels of communication" with the Taliban to ensure the evacuation of its nationals and Afghan staff and their families

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 03:55pm

World

Taliban fight trust deficit with PR blitz

KABUL: Smiling and waving at journalists, posing for selfies in the streets and even sitting down for a TV interview...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 02:39pm

Middle East

Hezbollah-organised fuel for Lebanon to set sail, group says

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said further ships would follow to help the people of Lebanon, who are enduring crippling fuel shortages as a result of the country's two-year-long financial meltdown

Published 19 Aug, 2021 02:27pm

World

Taliban urged to allow fleeing Afghans safe passage

Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan since the group swept into the capital on Sunday, completing a stunning rout of government forces and ending two decades of war

Published 19 Aug, 2021 01:20pm

Europe

Afghanistan's fate means West is now perceived as weak, UK minister says

The war in Afghanistan has cost several hundred thousand lives and trillions of dollars but the Taliban are now back in power

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 01:27pm

World

Images of women vandalised as Kabul faces up to Taliban rule

The new regime's fighters took control of the city on Sunday after a lightning offensive that saw the former government's provincial strongholds around the country topple like dominoes in a matter of days

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 02:42pm

World

Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,189: official

"The toll from the earthquake is 2,189," the agency said on Twitter

Published 19 Aug, 2021 12:27pm

Africa

Forty-seven killed in Burkina Faso militant attack

The attack was the latest bloodshed in an area plagued by militants violence

Published 19 Aug, 2021 12:13pm

World

Facebook says it is helping reduce Covid vaccine ‘hesitancy’

WASHINGTON: Facebook said Wednesday vaccine “hesitancy” is declining in the United States and other countries,...