#BREAKING Spain warns will not be able to rescue all Afghans who served Spanish missions because of 'dramatic' situation on the ground
#BREAKING Taliban's treatment of women and girls will mark 'red line': UN rights chief
#BREAKING US, allies won't be able to evacuate all Afghans who qualify by August 31: German foreign minister
VIDEO: UN rights chief Michelle #Bachelet voices grave concern at the situation in #Afghanistan under the Taliban, urging them to honour commitments to respect the rights of women and girls during a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Afghanistan in Geneva
#UPDATE Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday it is "unlikely" evacuations from #Afghanistan will be extended beyond August 31, as G7 leaders prepare to meet virtually to discuss the crisis u.afp.com/UraX
#UPDATE Western allies will not be able to fly every Afghan who needs protection out of #Kabul before the United States' planned August 31 withdrawal deadline, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday u.afp.com/Uray
#BREAKING Taliban asks US to stop evacuating skilled Afghans: spokesman
#BREAKING Female Afghan govt workers asked to stay home until security allows: Taliban
#UPDATE The Taliban on Tuesday said they would not agree to an extension of a looming August 31 deadline to evacuate Afghans from #Kabul airport, even as Western countries said they were running out of time u.afp.com/Urzx
#UPDATE A Taliban spokesman on Tuesday said the United States should stop evacuating skilled Afghans such as engineers, and warned Western forces against extending the August 31 deadline for airlifts out of the country u.afp.com/Urzd
#UPDATE Map of #Afghanistan showing recent developments in the conflict and humanitarian crisis in the country
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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