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Israeli airstrikes & heavy blasts hit Gaza after border clashes with IDF troops (VIDEOS)

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021By Editor

Multiple blasts have rocked Gaza after the IDF launched a series of airstrikes in an apparent retaliation to violent border clashes, in which an Israeli soldier was critically wounded earlier in the day. … Read More >Israeli airstrikes & heavy blasts hit Gaza after border clashes with IDF troops (VIDEOS)

‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to evacuate Afghan allies by end of August: EU foreign policy chief says Americans create problems

Posted on August 25, 2021By Editor

The EU’s top diplomat has declared it “impossible” for Europe to evacuate all of its Afghan allies from Kabul by the end of August. Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the city’s airport for preventing evacuees from leaving. … Read More >‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to evacuate Afghan allies by end of August: EU foreign policy chief says Americans create problems

Taliban fighters killed & captured after Afghan militias seize 3 districts just north of Kabul – reports

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021By Editor

Anti-Taliban forces have reportedly captured three northern districts in Afghanistan just days after the militant group seized Kabul and reestablished its so-called Islamic Emirate. … Read More >Taliban fighters killed & captured after Afghan militias seize 3 districts just north of Kabul – reports

No country has ‘clear picture’ what flights its citizens are actually on, Dutch FM says, amid chaotic evacuation from Kabul

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021By Editor

The persisting “chaos” at Kabul airport has made it hard to tell which evacuation flights carry nationals of what country, the Netherlands’ foreign minister has said, adding that over 700 Dutch citizens are still in Afghanistan. … Read More >No country has ‘clear picture’ what flights its citizens are actually on, Dutch FM says, amid chaotic evacuation from Kabul

‘Taliban called and informed me I should continue my job,’ mayor of Afghanistan’s capital tells RT

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021By Editor

The mayor of Kabul will remain in power under the Taliban, he told RT, explaining how the Islamic fundamentalist group was able to so easily retake the country and what will now happen to the country’s women. … Read More >‘Taliban called and informed me I should continue my job,’ mayor of Afghanistan’s capital tells RT

Germany sends 2 light helicopters to assist with Kabul evacuation, but military says people must get to airport themselves

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021By Editor

German nationals and locals fleeing the Taliban have to make their own way to Kabul airport, as the two light helicopters Berlin is sending will only be used in individual cases and not as a “taxi,” the Bundeswehr chief said. … Read More >Germany sends 2 light helicopters to assist with Kabul evacuation, but military says people must get to airport themselves

A third of Afghanistan’s population at risk of severe or acute hunger amid war and drought – UN food agency

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021By Editor

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that the dual impact of war and a drought has fueled an “extraordinarily difficult year for Afghanistan,” putting 14 million citizens at risk of severe or acute hunger. … Read More >A third of Afghanistan’s population at risk of severe or acute hunger amid war and drought – UN food agency

UN Refugee Agency warns Afghanistan crisis ‘cannot be forgotten’ as people at risk ‘have no clear way out’

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021By Editor

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued another warning on Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis, imploring that people’s needs “cannot be forgotten,” as those in danger “have no clear way out.” … Read More >UN Refugee Agency warns Afghanistan crisis ‘cannot be forgotten’ as people at risk ‘have no clear way out’

PM Bennett gets third Covid-19 vaccine, hails Israel as ‘pioneer of the third dose’ after WHO asks nations to hold off on boosters

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021By Editor

Israel’s PM has received his third Covid-19 vaccine as the country’s health ministry extends the booster campaign to citizens over the age of 40 despite a World Health Organization request to redirect shots to poorer nations. … Read More >PM Bennett gets third Covid-19 vaccine, hails Israel as ‘pioneer of the third dose’ after WHO asks nations to hold off on boosters

Lebanon complains to UN after Israel allegedly uses country’s airspace to strike Syria again

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021By Editor

Lebanon has complained to the UN after claiming Israeli jets “blatantly violated” its airspace to carry out strikes at Syrian territory on Thursday. The incursion reportedly forced two civilian flights to divert from their route. … Read More >Lebanon complains to UN after Israel allegedly uses country’s airspace to strike Syria again