Taliban move closer to capital after taking Ghazni city
by David FOX KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometers…
4 years ago
Asia
Turkish hospital, villagers evacuated in flash floods
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish rescuers evacuated a regional hospital on Wednesday and plucked stranded villagers off rooftops as flash…
4 years ago
Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russian far east
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A helicopter with 16 people on board, including 13 tourists, crashed in Kamchatka in Russia's far…
4 years ago
China approves first mixed-vaccine trial as Delta spreads
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's drug regulator has approved the country's first mixed-vaccine trial, a company involved in the study…
4 years ago
25-30 people feared trapped in India landslide: officials
SHIMLA, India (AFP) -- At least one person was killed Wednesday and 25-30 people were feared trapped after a landslide…
4 years ago
Iran’s presidency confirms Raisi invited to Bagdhad summit
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi has been invited to a planned regional summit in Baghdad, his…
4 years ago
Australian Olympic athletes face ‘cruel’ 28 days’ quarantine
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A group of Australian Olympic athletes were Wednesday facing 28 days in quarantine on return from…
4 years ago
Siberia feels the brunt of climate change as wildfires rage
by Evan GERSHKOVICH YAKUTSK, Russia (AFP) -- Alexander Fyodorov peered out his office window towards the vast forests where wildfires…
4 years ago
Sri Lanka rejects lockdown to beat Covid ‘bomb’
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lanka's government rejected on Tuesday mounting calls for an immediate lockdown to contain a…
4 years ago
Thai police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at Bangkok protest
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Riot police fired water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangkok Tuesday as…
4 years ago
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