Aug 27 5 Stories: An underwater volcano creates a new island off Japan, customs officials confiscate thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin An Ivory Coast painter turns discarded flip-flops into art, new research suggests chemicals in household products are linked to 900,000 premature deaths each year and artist Josephine Baker is posthumously honored at Paris’s Pantheon. Check out these stories and others… Continue reading
Aug 27 Biden tells Israeli prime minister he'll try diplomacy first with Iran By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that diplomacy was his first option, but that he would consider other options if his effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal fails. Continue reading
Aug 27 2 Britons, child of 3rd killed in Kabul bombing By Associated Press LONDON — The U.K. says two British citizens and the child of another Briton were among those killed in the suicide bomb attack at Kabul's airport. It was unclear if the British victims were dual nationals and also Afghan citizens. Continue reading
Aug 27 Italy's last evacuation flight leaves Kabul By Associated Press ROME – The Italian air force plane that Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said earlier on Friday would be Italy's last evacuation flight has now departed from Kabul airport. The C-130 aircraft took off in the early evening carrying an… Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: Pentagon officials hold news briefing following deadly Kabul attacks By Associated Press The U.S. warned more attacks could come ahead of President Joe Biden's fast- approaching deadline to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan by Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 27 UNHCR says half a million more may flee Afghanistan By Associated Press The U.N. refugee agency is gearing up for as many as half a million people or more to flee from Afghanistan in a “worst-case scenario” in the coming months. Continue reading
Aug 26 Thursday's attack 'is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America,' Jane Ferguson reports By Jane Ferguson The Taliban's control over Kabul "is not necessarily secure. It's not necessarily guaranteed," @JaneFerguson5 reports. Thursday's attack "is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America," she tells… Continue reading
Aug 26 U.S. officials report about 7,500 people evacuated from Kabul in latest update By Meredith Lee About 7,500 people were evacuated from Kabul airport from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 26, via 14 U.S. military flights and 39 coalition flights. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 15:26 Biden vows to 'hunt' ISIS-K as evacuations continue amid Kabul blast chaos By Jane Ferguson, Lisa Desjardins Thursday was an awful and bloody day in Kabul as multiple suicide bombings at the airport killed 11 U.S. Marines, a navy corpsman and at least 90 Afghan civilians. Hundreds were injured, many critically. It was the deadliest day for… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 8:50 Analyzing the risk to U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan until Aug. 31 To discuss how evacuations in Afghanistan may be affected by Thursday's attacks, Amna Nawaz speaks to retired Col. Mike Jason, who was a battalion commander in northern Afghanistan, now the interim executive director of Allied Airlift 21, and Lisa Curtis,… Continue watching