News Archives for World - 2021-08-29

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World

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in Afghanistan: spokesman

"He is present in Kandahar. He has been living there from the very beginning," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Updated 30 Aug, 2021 10:28am

Europe

Italy reports 37 coronavirus deaths and 5,959 new cases on Sunday

ROME: Italy reported 37 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 54 the previous day, while the daily tally ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 09:35pm

South Asia

Blinken says 300 US citizens left to be evacuated from Afghanistan

US officials have warned about continuing danger around Kabul international airport and urged people to stay away

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 08:00pm

World

Macron calls for Kabul 'safe zone'

MOSUL: France and Britain will on Monday urge the United Nations to work for the creation of a "safe zone" in the...

Published 29 Aug, 2021 07:17pm

World

US drone strike hits car bomber in Kabul: US officials

One US official says strike was carried out by an unmanned aircraft piloted from outside Afghanistan, and secondary explosions showed the target had been carrying a "substantial amount of explosive material"

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 09:01pm

Europe

German region plans tougher restrictions for unvaccinated

BERLIN: At least one region in Germany is planning to impose tougher restrictions on people who are not vaccinated...

Published 29 Aug, 2021 05:45pm

Middle East

Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines

This shipment is the first batch of a total of 504,000 doses it is set to receive from the United States

Published 29 Aug, 2021 05:35pm

Middle East

30 loyalists killed in strikes on Yemen's biggest airbase

DUBAI: Strikes on Yemen's largest airbase Sunday killed at least 30 pro-government troops and wounded scores more,...

Published 29 Aug, 2021 04:34pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT

At least 215,876,370 cases of coronavirus have been registered

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 04:54pm

World

US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul, Taliban say ready to take over airport

Taliban rulers are prepared to take control of the airport, said an official from the movement that has swept cross Afghanistan, crushing the US-backed government

Published 29 Aug, 2021 02:21pm

Asia

India's new COVID-19 cases rise by 45,083

The country's COVID-19 cases stood at about 32.7 million, with deaths rising by 460 to 437,830 in the last 24 hours, data showed

Published 29 Aug, 2021 12:03pm

World

Veteran Afghan strongmen to form new front for negotiating with Taliban

Khalid Noor, son of Atta Mohammad Noor, the once-powerful governor of northern Afghanistan's Balkh province, said the group comprised of veteran ethnic Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum and others opposed to the Taliban's takeover

Published 29 Aug, 2021 11:39am

World

Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida nears US Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS: Owners were boarding up their shops and evacuations were underway Saturday as Hurricane Ida was on a...

Published 29 Aug, 2021 10:47am

World

Australia's Melbourne extends sixth virus lockdown

It is the city's sixth lockdown of the pandemic, and includes a curfew, the closure of playgrounds and strict limits on exercise

Published 29 Aug, 2021 10:42am

World

US warns of more terror attacks at Kabul airport

KABUL: Suicide bomb threats hung over the final phase of the US military's airlift operation from Kabul Sunday, with...

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 02:08pm

Middle East

Israel strikes Gaza after fire balloons, border clashes

JERUSALEM: The Israeli air force attacked two sites in Gaza early Sunday morning, the army said, after Gazans ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2021 01:28pm

World

Japan detects more Moderna vaccine contamination

It comes a day after the Japanese health ministry said it was investigating the death of two men who received shots from tainted Moderna batches

Published 29 Aug, 2021 10:18am

World

Biden says he has coordinated with governors, electric utilities on Hurricane Ida

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday said he has spoken to governors of states in the Gulf of Mexico ...