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Seven Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

Seven Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-22 17:34:26

A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those tr...

Tokyo planning to use of Olympic venues as temporary medical facilities

Tokyo planning to use of Olympic venues as temporary medical facilities

-- 2021-08-22 15:28:10

Authorities in the Japanese capital are considering plans to convert some of the city's Olympics and Paralympics venues into temporary medical facilities as they combat soaring COVID-19 infections tha...

Afghans speak of despair after evacuation to Qatar

Afghans speak of despair after evacuation to Qatar

REUTERS 2021-08-22 11:03:07

Afghans who fled their country this week have spoken about their despair at leaving loved ones behind and the uncertain future ahead of them after the Taliban's rapid takeover. The Taliban advance ha...

Myanmar arrests two more journalists

Myanmar arrests two more journalists

-- 2021-08-22 10:28:03

Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, the army-owned television reported on Saturday, in the latest in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb. 1 coup. Sithu Au...

As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban's PR offensive falters

As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban's PR offensive falters

Reuters 2021-08-21 22:14:29

In the last few days, TV crews from Afghanistan's Al-Emarah Studio, which produces pro-Taliban multimedia content, have been out on the streets of Kabul speaking to residents with reassuring messages...

Anti-Taliban forces say they've taken three Afghan districts

Anti-Taliban forces say they've taken three Afghan districts

REUTERS 2021-08-21 21:49:56

Forces holding out against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan say they have taken three districts close to the Panjshir valley where remnants of government forces and other militia groups have gather...

12,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since August 15, says Nato official

12,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since August 15, says Nato official

-- 2021-08-21 21:01:47

At least 12,000 foreigners and Afghans working for embassies and international aid groups have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban captured Kabul on August 15, according to a North Atlan...

Greece erects fence at Turkey border amid warnings of Afghan migrant surge

Greece erects fence at Turkey border amid warnings of Afghan migrant surge

BCC 2021-08-21 20:49:04

Greece has installed a 40km (25-mile) fence and surveillance system on its border with Turkey amid concern over a surge of migrants from Afghanistan. "We cannot wait, passively, for the possible impa...

Australia arrests hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters

Australia arrests hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters

REUTERS 2021-08-21 20:21:57

Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever sin...

US advises its citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport

US advises its citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport

-- 2021-08-21 19:41:43

The United States advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport on Saturday as thousands gathered trying to flee the country almost a week after the Islamist militants took con...

Sri Lanka announces lockdown as coronavirus cases surge

Sri Lanka announces lockdown as coronavirus cases surge

REUTERS 2021-08-21 18:56:24

Sri Lanka announced a 10-day lockdown starting on Friday night in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as surging infections and deaths overwhelm the island's health system. The Indian Oc...

Malaysia's new PM takes office amid mounting health crisis

Malaysia's new PM takes office amid mounting health crisis

-- 2021-08-21 16:40:45

Malaysia swore in a new prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, on Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation battles its worst COVID-19 surge and public anger grows over mismanagement of the pandemic. The...

Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record virus cases

Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record virus cases

REUTERS 2021-08-21 14:28:14

Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever sin...

Shanghai puts hundreds in quarantine after airport Covid cases

Shanghai puts hundreds in quarantine after airport Covid cases

-- 2021-08-21 13:45:43

Authorities in Shanghai have quarantined hundreds of people in an attempt to halt a fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the city after infections were detected in cargo workers at its airport, the municipal go...

Taliban vow to be accountable for its actions

Taliban vow to be accountable for its actions

REUTERS 2021-08-21 12:43:49

The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the Islamist militant group told Reuters on Saturday. T...

Some Afghans cower in bathroom as they dread the Taliban knock at the door

Some Afghans cower in bathroom as they dread the Taliban knock at the door

REUTERS 2021-08-21 11:56:05

When armed members of the Afghan Taliban knocked on the door of their Kabul apartment, the family of 16 inside had crammed into the bathroom, turned off the lights and mobile phones and covered the ch...

Taliban to unveil new governing framework for Afghanistan within weeks, official says

Taliban to unveil new governing framework for Afghanistan within weeks, official says

Reuters 2021-08-21 10:08:03

The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asi...

Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul

Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul

REUTERS 2021-08-21 09:49:37

As thousands of people thronged Kabul airport in a bid to escape the advancing Taliban on August 15, Kam Air pilot Jovica Rajhl and his colleague had to resort to subterfuge to reach their plane and t...

Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 DNA vaccine gets emergency approval in India

Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 DNA vaccine gets emergency approval in India

REUTERS 2021-08-20 21:41:20

India's drug regulator on Friday approved Zydus Cadila's three-dose COVID-19 DNA vaccine for emergency use in adults and children aged 12 years and above, bringing in the sixth vaccine authorised for...

NATO tells Taliban ‘will not allow terrorists to threaten us’

NATO tells Taliban ‘will not allow terrorists to threaten us’

REUTERS 2021-08-20 21:33:28

NATO foreign ministers on Friday warned the Taliban not to let Afghanistan become a breeding ground for terrorism, as it did two decades ago, prompting Western forces to intervene. "For the last 20 y...

Reports of targeted Taliban killings fuel Afghans' fears

Reports of targeted Taliban killings fuel Afghans' fears

AP 2021-08-20 20:59:59

Reports of targeted killings in areas overrun by the Taliban mounted Friday, fuelling fears that they will return Afghanistan to the repressive rule they imposed when they were last in power, even as...

China turns three-child policy into law to boost birth rate

China turns three-child policy into law to boost birth rate

BBC 2021-08-20 18:48:43

China has turned the three-child policy into legislation to allow couples to have up to three children, to boost the birth rate. The regulation was one of several laws passed on Friday at a meeting o...

Taliban ransacks two Indian consulates in Afghanistan, takes away cars

Taliban ransacks two Indian consulates in Afghanistan, takes away cars

-- 2021-08-20 18:31:24

The Taliban has ransacked at least two of India's consulates and took away parked cars in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acting against the assurances given by its leaders to the world. They ransacked the...

Malaysia's new prime minister brings graft-tainted party back to power

Malaysia's new prime minister brings graft-tainted party back to power

REUTERS 2021-08-20 17:34:02

Malaysia's king appointed Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the prime minister on Friday, returning the job to a party tainted by graft accusations as the southeast Asian nation grapples with a COVID-19 surge an...

J&J wants to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trial among Indian adolescents

J&J wants to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trial among Indian adolescents

-- 2021-08-20 16:19:09

Johnson & Johnson has sought approval from Indian drug regulators to conduct a study of its COVID-19 vaccine among 12- to 17-year-olds, the company said on Friday. Conducting vaccine clinical tri...

Five killed, 30 injured as blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan

Five killed, 30 injured as blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan

-- 2021-08-20 15:48:36

At least five people were killed and over 30 others injured after a bomb went off near a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's eastern Bahawalnagar district of Punjab province on Thursday, police s...

Deutsche Welle reporter's relative was killed by Taliban, says German broadcaster

Deutsche Welle reporter's relative was killed by Taliban, says German broadcaster

REUTERS 2021-08-20 14:54:23

Taliban fighters hunting a journalist with Deutsche Welle have shot dead one member of his family and severely injured another, the German public broadcaster said late on Thursday. The Islamist milit...

China passes new personal data privacy law that will take effect on Nov 1

China passes new personal data privacy law that will take effect on Nov 1

REUTERS 2021-08-20 14:40:06

China's National People's Congress on Friday officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1, according to state-media outlet Xin...

Actions or just words? Journalists question Taliban's free press commitment

Actions or just words? Journalists question Taliban's free press commitment

REUTERS 2021-08-20 14:24:38

Beaten, homes raided, turned away from work for being a woman: the complaints made by some Afghan journalists in recent days are sowing doubt about assurances made by their new Taliban rulers that ind...

US sending more consular officers to facilitate Afghanistan evacuation

US sending more consular officers to facilitate Afghanistan evacuation

-- 2021-08-20 10:08:25

The U.S. State Department has said it was sending more consular officers to Kabul and other locations, including Qatar and Kuwait, to help with the evacuation effort from Afghanistan after the Taliban...