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Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban...
Japan extends COVID-19 emergency curbs in Tokyo, other areas
Japan extended emergency COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month to curb infections and prevent...
Kabul airport to be ready for international flights in 3 days: Report
A media report citing Taliban officials and technical teams said on Thursday that the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul will be ready for...
20 years on, 9/11 responders are still sick and dying
By Erin Smith, Brigid Larkin and Lisa Holmes, Edith Cowan University Joondalup (Australia), Sep 9 (The Conversation) Emergency workers and clean-up...
Wellbeing of Afghans must remain the focus: Pakistan FM
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the well-being of the Afghan people must remain the focus, as they have suffered enormously...
Japan to extend Covid emergency in 19 prefectures
The Japanese government has decided to extend the Covid-19 state of emergency for 19 prefectures through September 30, which is now covering 21 of the...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 222.4 mn
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 222.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.59 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.56...
Halt booster shots till year end, urges WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster...