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London, UK | Xinhua |  The final evacuation flight purely for civilians under Britain’s Operation Pitting has left the Kabul airport, the British Ministry of Defense said Saturday. Any further flights leaving Kabul under Britain’s evacuation operation “will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board,” the ministry added. General …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has signed onto the Global World Postal Strategy that is aimed at reviving, sustaining and growing the postal sector, which is under pressure from the digital revolution.  The four-year strategy responds to the current market needs and sets out approaches on how the …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saeed Khatibzadeh, on Friday condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks at the Kabul airport, the ministry’s website reported. He expressed condolences over the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which happened a day ago, Khatibzadeh was quoted as saying. He …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Seven U.S. Capitol police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his ally Roger Stone, as well as a number of members of right-wing extremist groups over the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Filed in a Washington, D.C. federal …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States will avenge militarily the bombing attacks earlier in the day in the Afghan capital of Kabul that have killed at least 103 people, adding the ongoing evacuation in Afghanistan will continue uninterrupted. The number of U.S. service …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said on Wednesday that a second dose of its COVID-19 vaccine was found in a study to generate a strong immune response, justifying a booster shot after eight months. J&J said researchers found antibody levels increased ninefold among people who received …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States would work to ensure Americans and Afghan partners could leave Afghanistan beyond Aug. 31, the planned deadline for the ongoing evacuation led by the U.S. military. President Joe Biden confirmed on Tuesday that …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The United States should withdraw all troops and contractors before Aug. 31 deadline from Afghanistan and no extension for the ongoing evacuation process would be possible, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday. “There will be no extension for the ongoing evacuation,” Mujahid told reporters at a …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Resistance against the Taliban has been continuing in Panjshir’s neighboring Andarab area of the northern Baghan province while Taliban is trying to form a government in the war-torn Afghanistan. In the latest development, Taliban forces have captured Andarab’s Banu, Deh Salah and Pul-e-Hisar districts of the northern …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that the United States is engaging with the Taliban on a daily basis as the ongoing Afghan evacuation faces the Aug. 31 deadline. President Joe Biden on Monday left open the possibility of extending the ongoing evacuation …