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  • Blinken, Raab probe situation in Afghanistan after Kabul attack

    Date: 2021-08-27 06:31:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9132929

    WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following the horrific terrorist attack in Kabul, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price said on Friday. In a phone call on Thursday, ....

  • Biden to Kabul attackers: 'We will hunt you down and make you pay'

    Date: 2021-08-26 22:33:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:9132853

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to retaliate for a terrorist attack that killed a dozen US service members outside Kabul's international airport, CNN reported. "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will ....

  • UAE strongly condemns attack near Kabul Airport

    Date: 2021-08-26 21:57:49 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:101 - ID:9132816

    ABU DHABI, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UAE has strongly condemned the terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul that has left dozens of civilians dead and injured, WAM reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....

  • Dozens wounded in blasts at Kazakh military facility

    Date: 2021-08-26 19:45:31 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:85 - ID:9132671

    NUR-SULTAN, Aug 25 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has evacuated settlements located next to a military facility in its southern Zhambyl province after it was rocked by a series of powerful blasts that wounded at least 32 people, Al Arabiya reported Thursday. ....

  • Italy reports 43 coronavirus deaths, 7,221 new cases

    Date: 2021-08-26 19:41:59 GMT - Italy - World - SN:84 - ID:9132673

    ROME, Aug 26 (MENA) - Italy reported 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 7,221, according to Ansa news agency. Italy has registered 128,957 deaths linked to COVID-19 ....

  • US troops, Afghans killed in suicide attacks outside Kabul airport

    Date: 2021-08-26 19:35:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9132702

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Twelve US service members and dozens of Afghans have been killed in two bombing attacks outside Kabul's airport, according to the Pentagon and Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health. The deadly blasts came as the ....

  • Sound of new explosion heard in Kabul

    Date: 2021-08-26 19:24:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:81 - ID:9132664

    KABUL, Aug 26 (MENA) - The sound of a new explosion was heard in the Afghani capital Kabul, Russia Today reported on Thursday. This comes in the wake of two explosions that took place earlier in the day in Hamid Karzai International Airport in ....

  • Biden briefed on Kabul airport explosion

    Date: 2021-08-26 16:13:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:9132319

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the explosion outside Kabul airport, a White House official said. Biden was in the Situation Room with his national security team for his daily Afghanistan briefing when the ....

  • Pentagon confirms explosion near Kabul airport, number of US & civilian casualties

    Date: 2021-08-26 16:07:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9132363

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - An explosion has taken place outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Reports indicated that the blast left 13 people dead and about 40 others wounded. "We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate ....

  • EU completes evacuation of diplomatic staff from Kabul, keeps 'core team' on the ground

    Date: 2021-08-26 15:18:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:61 - ID:9132107

    BRUSSELS, Aug 26 (MENA) - The European Union has evacuated the bulk of its diplomatic corps and local staff from Kabul but will keep a small "core team" on the ground to oversee the process until it's finally completed, the Commission confirmed on ....

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