Western security forces exchanged fire with unidentified gunmen on Monday at #Kabul airport, as US President Joe Biden sought to speed up the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Taliban-controlled #Afghanistanu.afp.com/UreC
#UPDATE Britain says it will urge the United States at a virtual #G7 summit on Tuesday to extend an end-of-the-month deadline to complete evacuations of Western citizens and Afghan colleagues from #Kabulu.afp.com/UrhV
#BREAKING Taliban spokesman warns of 'consequences' if Afghan pullout extended
#BREAKING No new government until last US soldier leaves Afghanistan: Taliban sources
#UPDATE The Taliban warned on Monday there would be "consequences" if the United States and its allies extend their presence in Afghanistan beyond next week, as chaos continued to overwhelm #Kabul airport u.afp.com/UreC
#BREAKING France sees need to continue Afghan evacuations beyond August 31: minister
#UPDATE German and US forces engaged in a gun battle against "unknown assailants" at #Kabul airport on Monday morning that killed an Afghan guard and injured three others, according to the German military. Latest developments in the evacuation effort u.afp.com/UrXD
#BREAKING 16,000 evacuated from Kabul airport in past 24 hours: Pentagon
#BREAKING Germany in talks to keep Kabul airport open for evacuations beyond August 31: minister
VIDEO: 🇫🇷🇦🇪🇦🇫 French Defence Minister Florence Parly and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves #LeDrian arrive at the Al-Dhafra air base in the #UAE where the French Air Force has set up an air bridge for people evacuated from #Kabul
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#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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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub