#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 India-England 5th Test cancelled due to Covid concerns: England and Wales Cricket Board
#UPDATE The fifth Test between England and India due to start Friday has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns in the India camp, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced, hours before the match at Old Trafford was due to start u.afp.com/UjyW#ENGvIND#AFPSports
#UPDATE The status of the fifth Test between England and India due to start Friday but dramatically cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns is uncertain after the ECB retracted an initial statement that India had "forfeited" the match u.afp.com/UjyW#ENGvIND#AFPSports
#BREAKING Russia's Gazprom says Nord Stream 2 pipeline 'fully completed'
#UPDATE Russian energy giant Gazprom announces that construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia with Germany has been completed.
#UPDATE Moscow on Friday announced the completion of the controversial #NordStream2 gas pipeline, which critics say will increase Europe's dependence on Russian gas and bypasses a key EU ally, Ukraine u.afp.com/UjFL
#BREAKING US President Joe Biden talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in seven months, seeking to ensure that "competition" between the two powers does not become "conflict," the White House says
#BREAKING Chinese state media says Xi, Biden held 'candid, in-depth' talks
#BREAKING Xi says US policy on China has caused 'serious difficulties': state media
#BREAKING Teen Leylah Fernandez ousts No. 2 Sabalenka to reach US Open final
#UPDATE 19-year-old Canadian sensation Leylah Fernandez advanced to her first Grand Slam final by defeating world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the #USOpen semi-finals.
"I don't know how I got that last point in but I'm glad it was and I'm glad I'm in the finals"
Canada's Leylah Fernandez advances to her first Grand Slam final after defeating world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the #USOpen semi-finals
From Paris to Jerusalem to Hong Kong: everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing on 11 September, 2001. As the 20th anniversary of the attacks approaches, vendors at newspaper kiosks around the globe recall that fateful day
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US that left nearly 3,000 people dead.
The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries
#BREAKING UN envoy says Afghanistan could be 'set back for generations' without economic help
#BREAKING UN envoy denounces 'credible allegations' of Taliban reprisal killings
#UPDATE A UN envoy urged the world to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government, warning the already poor country could otherwise suffer a historic breakdown u.afp.com/UjVK