Aug 29 US says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport By Associated Press A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, American officials said. An Afghan official said three children… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 5:43 U.S. launched second drone airstrike against ISIS-K By PBS NewsHour The U.S. carried out its second drone airstrike on Sunday, which targeted a suspected bomb vehicle.With the US withdrawal to be complete this week, there are looming questions about stability in the region. Kirsten Fontenrose is the Director of the… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 10:18 'Anti-LGBT ideology zones' are being enacted in Polish towns By Simon Ostrovsky Poland's right-wing populist leader Andrzej Duda came to power last year on a platform decrying a ‘LGBT-ideology’ he alleged was spreading throughout his country at the expense of traditional family values. Now, dozens of Polish municipalities have enacted "LGBT ideology… Continue watching
Aug 29 Demonstrators in Berlin protest virus measures By Associated Press Throughout the afternoon, thousands marched in the German capital’s Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte neighborhoods. More than 2,000 police officers were on duty across the city to respond to the protests. Continue reading
Aug 29 US says drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport By Kathy Gannon, Lolita C. Baldor, Tameem Akhgar, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The airstrike came as the United States winds down a historic airlift that saw tens of thousands evacuated from Kabul’s international airport, the scene of much of the chaos that engulfed the Afghan capital since the Taliban took over two… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 4:47 U.S. launches air strike in response to Kabul airport attack, ahead of full withdrawal By PBS NewsHour The U.S. launched air strikes in retaliation to the suicide attack at Kabul airport, which killed more than 100 Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. troops. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack. The state department said it planned to evacuate Afghan… Continue watching
Aug 28 US drone strike kills 2 Islamic State members in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed two members of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group’s eastern… Continue reading
Aug 28 Unwanted record: Russia's COVID deaths hit new high in July By Associated Press The report from the Rosstat agency said 50,421 people suffering from COVID-19 died during the month, sharply higher than the previous record of 44,435 in December. Continue reading
Aug 28 2 Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo to compete in Paralympics By Stephen Wade, Associated Press The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said. Continue reading
Aug 28 Most NATO countries end Afghanistan mission as airlifts wane By Associated Press Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation and most NATO nations flew out their troops after two decades in Afghanistan, winding down a frantic airlift that Western leaders acknowledged was still leaving many of… Continue reading