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Evacuation of Dutch citizens from Kabul fails due to limited US-allotted time: Amsterdam

Aug 18, 2021

Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Netherlands has been unable to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan as the US military has not given its plane enough time in Kabul's airport for people to board, acting Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Wednesday.

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Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Vanuatu's Port Vila

Aug 18, 2021

Port Vila [Vanuatu] August 18 : An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Vanuatu's capital city Port-Vila on Wednesday afternoon, as per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
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Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine shows 93.5 pc efficacy in Paraguay

Aug 18, 2021
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TikTok not to lift ban on content promoting Taliban

Aug 18, 2021

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (File Photo)

Jaishankar to chair high-level UNSC meeting today

Aug 18, 2021

New York [US], August 18 : Under India's August presidency, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar is set...
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France evacuated 21 Indians from Kabul: French envoy

Aug 18, 2021

New Delhi [India] August 18 : Twenty-one Indian nationals were on the first French evacuation flight from Kabul,...
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UNHRC to hold special session on Afghanistan next week, backed by prominent countries including India

Aug 18, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 : The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold a special session on...
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Pakistan govt ignores COVID healthcare professionals for civil awards

Aug 18, 2021
Taliban uses gunfire, whips, sticks and sharp objects to maintain crowd at Kabul airport. (Twitter)

Taliban use gunfire, whips, sticks to control crowd at Kabul airport

Aug 18, 2021
A visual of a mob of men attacking a woman in Pakistan (Photo credit: Twitter@qiranbutt)

'I was stripped and my clothes were torn apart': Pakistan woman TikToker on "brutal assault" by hundreds of men

Aug 18, 2021
US President Joe Biden

Biden administration freezes USD 9.5 bn of Afghan reserves to block Taliban access to funds

Aug 18, 2021
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EASA recommends commercial operators to suspend flights in Kabul airspace

Aug 18, 2021
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China wakes up to border threat issues after Afghanistan falls to Taliban

Aug 18, 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

PM Suga urges Japan's largest business lobby to promote 'telework' amid hikes in COVID cases

Aug 18, 2021
Taliban riding bumper cars at an amusement park in Herat. (Photo credit: NYT)

Taliban frolic at amusement park in Afghanistan's Herat

Aug 18, 2021
Conservation officials burning tonnes of seized ivory horn (Photo Credit - Reuters)

China illegally trafficking wildlife from Africa

Aug 18, 2021
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Forty Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank: Red Crescent

Aug 18, 2021
Newly appointed Home secretary Priti Patel (Source: Twitter)

UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees: Home Secretary

Aug 18, 2021
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US efforts underway to keep cash away from Taliban

Aug 18, 2021