International

Urgency to evacuate Afghans builds as deadline nears

KABUL: AUGUST 24 – Efforts to evacuate thousands of people from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan became...

France to end Afghan evacuations Thursday if US withdraws Aug 31

PARIS: AUGUST 24 -France will end its evacuations from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan later this week...

Road accident kills 9 in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK: AUGUST 24 – Nine people died in a road accident in Kyrgyzstan, the...

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teenager in northern West Bank

RAMALLAH: AUGUST 24 – Israeli soldiers killed a 17-year-old Palestinian teenager on Tuesday morning...

Haitians, foreign rescuers working together to ease earthquake crisis

LES CAYES: AUGUST 24 – After a powerful earthquake hit Haiti in mid-August, foreign...

Pakistan urges int’l community to keep engaging with Taliban: foreign minister

ISLAMABAD: AUGUST 24 – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday that his...

Cold weather, strong winds hit Aussie state

SYDNEY: AUGUST 24 – Rain, snow and gale-force winds have broken a bout of...

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 32,474,773 with 25,467 new infections

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 24 – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 32,474,773 on Tuesday, as...

Australia brings back another 650 people from Afghanistan in biggest evacuation

CANBERRA: AUGUST 24 – Australia has brought back another 650 people from Afghanistan in...

Israeli fighter jets strike Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

GAZA: AUGUST 24 – Israeli fighter jets late on Monday attacked posts and facilities...