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Trudeau: Canada has 'no plans' to recognize Taliban as Afghanistan gov't
Date: 2021-08-17 18:13:16 GMT - Canada - World - SN:91 - ID:9116926
OTTAWA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it clear on Tuesday that Canada has "no plans" to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan’s official government leadership following a week-long blitz by the terrorist organization ....
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Lavrov: Situation in Afghanistan collapsed after US withdrawal
Date: 2021-08-17 14:03:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:9116345
MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - The current situation in Afghanistan makes it clear that Russia and the West need to work together, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Tuesday. "Joint efforts [by Russia and ....
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Prototype of Russian Il-112V aircraft crashes in Moscow: report
Date: 2021-08-17 13:20:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:9116072
MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - A prototype Ilyushin Il-112V military transport aircraft with three people on board crashed during a test flight in the Moscow region on Tuesday, its manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation said. It was unclear from the ....
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Facebook bans Taliban from its platforms
Date: 2021-08-17 12:41:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:9116254
CALIFORNIA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Social media giant Facebook has designated Taliban as a terrorist group and banned its content from its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. A Facebook Inc (FB.O) spokesperson said the company was ....
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George W. Bush says events in Afghanistan fill him ‘with deep sadness.’
Date: 2021-08-17 12:36:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:9116129
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Former President George W. Bush, who ordered the 2001 U.S.-led invasion that drove the Taliban from power, said this week that he felt “deep sadness” at the group’s takeover of Afghanistan and defended his decision to ....
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US evacuates 127 people from Afghanistan to Nepal
Date: 2021-08-17 11:43:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:9116007
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - The United States evacuated on Tuesday 127 Nepalese and Indian people from Afghanistan on a hired plane, said ABC news. They landed in Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu on Tuesday morning from Afghanistan via ....
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Blaze northwest of Athens still raging: Kathimerini
Date: 2021-08-17 11:41:01 GMT - Greece - World - SN:50 - ID:9115971
ATHENS, Aug 17 (MENA) - Hundreds of firefighters backed by water-dropping planes were battling a large forest fire burning for the second day Tuesday that has led to the evacuation of a care home and several villages northwest of Athens, Kathimerini ....
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UNHCR issues non-return advisory for Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-17 11:39:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:9115979
GENEVA, Aug 17 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected. In the wake of the ....
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US embassy staff still functioning in Kabul
Date: 2021-08-17 09:58:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:9115704
KABUL, Aug 17 (MENA) - The United States Charge’ d’Affaires Ross Wilson on his Twitter post said that he and the embassy staff are still in Kabul and are helping Americans and vulnerable Afghans who are leaving the country, Khaama Press ....
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Russia reports 20,958 daily COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-08-17 09:42:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9115723
MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 20,958 in the past 24 hours reaching 6,642,559, TASS reported Tuesday. The anti-coronavirus crisis center put the relative growth rate at 0.32%. Moscow ....
