#BREAKING Biden says 'nation building' was never a US goal in Afghanistan
#BREAKING Biden says US will 'act quickly' against terrorism in Afghanistan 'if needed'
#BREAKING Biden says stands 'squarely behind my decision' in Afghanistan
#BREAKING US gave Afghan military 'every chance' against Taliban: Biden
#BREAKING Biden acknowledges Afghan collapse was quicker than expected
BREAKING China, Russia 'would love' indefinite US quagmire in Afghanistan: Biden
#BREAKING Biden pledges to 'speak out' for Afghan women under Taliban
#BREAKING Biden threatens 'devastating' response if Taliban attack US interests
#BREAKING Biden leaving White House to return to Camp David retreat: officials
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said Monday that a longer war in Afghanistan would have benefited China and Russia, even as his top diplomat consulted the two adversaries on the swift Taliban victory u.afp.com/UKsp
Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation.
#AFPgraphic timeline of main developments in Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation
VIDEO: Thousands flock to Kabul airport, trying to flee the Taliban as the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule patrols Kabul after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war
Allies round on US over Afghanistan 'debacle'.
Allies and critics alike have condemned the US over its 20-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with a leading German politician slamming the operation as "the biggest debacle" in the alliance's history
'Not an enemy' any more: Russia courts the Taliban.
While many countries scrambled to empty their embassies and remove their staff from Afghanistan, Russia is staying put - and the Taliban is 'guarding their diplomats'
French nationals and their Afghan colleagues line up to board a French military transport plane at Kabul airport on August 17, for evacuation from Afghanistan after the Taliban's stunning military takeover of the country
At the Pentagon, US military officials bitter as they watch the chaos in Kabul.
“We warned them for months, for months” that the situation was urgent, one military official says on condition of anonymity
'Shocking': Grief and dismay as US veterans watch Afghanistan fall.
"I was in favor of the withdrawal, I thought it was time. 20-plus years, billions of dollars spent, I never expected the speed and the brazenness of the Taliban would be what it is"
VIDEO: 🇺🇸 President Joe #Biden has defended the withdrawal of US troops from #Afghanistan, saying he stood "squarely behind" his decision to leave after 20 years of conflict, in his first public appearance since the Taliban seized control of the country
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BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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