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KABUL: A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) shows members of the British (left) and US Armed Forces posing for a photograph while working at Kabul Airport Sunday. - AFPnn
UK seeks extension of Kabul evacuations
KABUL: A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) shows members of the British (left) and US Armed Forces posing for a photograph while working at Kabul Airport Sunday. - AFPLONDON/WASHINGTON: Britain said yesterday it would urge the United States to extend an end-of-the-month deadline for evacuations from Afghanistan, while the Taleban warned any delay would lead to "consequences". US President Joe Biden has set an...
SINGAPORE: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to troops as she visits the USS Tulsa in Singapore yesterday.—AFPn
US VP Harris vows 'enduring engagement' in Asia region
SINGAPORE: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to troops as she visits the USS Tulsa in Singapore yesterday.—AFPSINGAPORE: Vice President Kamala Harris vowed "enduring engagement" in Asia yesterday, offering reassurances of Washington's commitment to the region even as the United States completes its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taleban takeover. The hardline Islamists' swift return to power a week ago, and desperate scenes...
PARIS: Protesters wave the national Afghan flag and hold banners during a rally in support for Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taliban, at Place de la Republique in Paris on Sunday. –AFPn
Taleban flags flourish, Afghan tricolor turns resistance symbol
PARIS: Protesters wave the national Afghan flag and hold banners during a rally in support for Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taleban, at Place de la Republique in Paris on Sunday. –AFPKABUL: After two decades out of power, the Taleban are swiftly moving to stamp their authority on Afghanistan using every tool at their disposal-including flags. Since rolling into Kabul a week ago, the white banner of the Islamist...
DENPASAR, Indonesia: In this file photo taken on April 15, 2015, Heather Mack of the US waits for her court trial at a holding cell in Denpasar, Indonesia's Bali island. –AFPn
Bali 'suitcase killer' set for early release
DENPASAR, Indonesia: In this file photo taken on April 15, 2015, Heather Mack of the US waits for her court trial at a holding cell in Denpasar, Indonesia's Bali island. –AFPDENPASAR: An American woman convicted with her boyfriend of killing her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel is to be freed from prison early, her lawyer said yesterday. In 2015, teenager Heather Mack was handed a 10-year jail term while her...
While insecurity is rooted in that herder-farmer conflict, the crisis in northwest Nigeria has spiraled into broader criminality with mass abductions for ransom, cattle theft and banditry.n
Security crisis drives up Nigeria's food worries
While insecurity is rooted in that herder-farmer conflict, the crisis in northwest Nigeria has spiraled into broader criminality with mass abductions for ransom, cattle theft and banditry.MAKURDI, Nigeria: Rice farmer Donald Amokaha spends his days weeding a temporary plot outside the city of Makurdi, on the fringes of the Benue river in Nigeria's agricultural heartland. Two hours' drive away into the countryside, Amokaha has a swathe of prime...
DOHA: In this file photo taken on February 29, 2020 (left to right) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taleban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shake hands after signing a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha. – AFPnnn
Art of the deal: US envoy behind Taleban's return
DOHA: In this file photo taken on February 29, 2020 US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Taleban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shake hands after signing a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha. – AFPDOHA: If one individual could bring peace to Afghanistan, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad touted himself as the man for the job. In the end, however, the seasoned diplomat has...
RAMSTEIN, Germany: In this image courtesy of the US Air Force, Airmen assigned to the 86th Medical Group provide post labor care to an Afghan mother who gave birth aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.-AFPn
Afghan baby girl born on US military plane in Germany
RAMSTEIN, Germany: In this image courtesy of the US Air Force, Airmen assigned to the 86th Medical Group provide post labor care to an Afghan mother who gave birth aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.-AFPBERLIN: An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on a US military plane shortly after arriving on an evacuation flight to Germany, the US Air Force tweeted on Sunday. During the flight from a staging base in the Middle East, the woman...
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French FM in UAE to oversee Afghan exodus
Jean-Yves Le DrianABU DHABI: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due in the UAE yesterday to see for himself the massive airlift underway from Afghanistan using the Gulf nation as a staging post. France is seeking to evacuate more than 1,000 Afghans who are fleeing the country following the Taleban's lightning takeover a week ago, one of a number of nations scrambling to evacuate vulnerable individuals.Le Drian and colleagues were due...
NICE: Fans invade the pitch during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille (OM) at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, southern France on Sunday. – AFPn
Probe opened into violence that led to abandonment of Nice-Marseille game
NICE: Fans invade the pitch during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille (OM) at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, southern France on Sunday. – AFPPARIS: Local authorities in Nice have opened an investigation into the ugly incidents which led to the abandonment of Sunday's Ligue 1 match between the home side and Marseille, while politicians in France called for punishments to be meted out to those...
LONDON: Chelsea's English defender Reece James (right) shoots to score his team's second goal past Arsenal's German goalkeeper Bernd Leno (left) during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium in London on Sunday. - AFPn
Arteta under pressure to lead Arsenal out of the wilderness
LONDON: Chelsea's English defender Reece James (right) shoots to score his team's second goal past Arsenal's German goalkeeper Bernd Leno (left) during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium in London on Sunday. - AFPLONDON: Arsenal and Mikel Arteta appeared to be the perfect fit but now the Spanish manager is being assailed by fans across the world, including the President of Rwanda, after...
KABUL: Afghanistan's national cricket team players attend a training session at the Kabul International Cricket Ground in Kabul on Saturday, ahead of their one-day series against Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in two weeks. - AFPn
Uncertainty, distress for Afghan cricketers after Taleban takeover
KABUL: Afghanistan's national cricket team players attend a training session at the Kabul International Cricket Ground in Kabul on Saturday, ahead of their one-day series against Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in two weeks. - AFPKABUL: The crack of bat on ball echoes around Kabul's international stadium as Afghanistan's top cricketers prepare for their next tour -- just days after the country fell to the Taleban. The calm of the...
TOKYO: Members of the Paralympic Refugee team, Syrian-born Ibrahim al-Hussain (left), Iranian-born Shahrad Nasajpour (top-center), Syrian-origin Greece-born Alia Issa (right) and the team's chef de Mission Illeana Rodriguez (center) pose after a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, on the eve of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. - AFPn
First woman on Para refugee team urges others to try sport
TOKYO: Members of the Paralympic Refugee team, Syrian-born Ibrahim al-Hussain (left), Iranian-born Shahrad Nasajpour (top-center), Syrian-origin Greece-born Alia Issa (right) and the team's chef de Mission Illeana Rodriguez (center) pose after a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, on the eve of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. - AFPTOKYO: The first female member of the Paralympic refugee team said yesterday it was an "honor" to be at the Tokyo...
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