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Resurgent Taliban take provincial capital, kill Afghan gov’t spokesman
The Taliban captured an Afghan provincial capital and assassinated the government’s top media officer in Kabul on Friday, dealing twin high-profile blows ...Olympics-IOC removes two Belarus coaches, sprinter says order came from ‘high up’
Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s Tokyo Games have had their accreditation revoked and were removed from the athletes ...Israel conducts first Lebanon strikes in seven years
The Israeli air force said it carried out its first air strikes on neighbouring Lebanon in seven years Thursday following a second ...Rwanda sends 300 troops for UN mission in Central African Republic
Rwandahas sent 300 troops to reinforce United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, where they will help protect a key highway ...Beirut marks one year since port blast with anger and mourning
Lebanon marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic Beirut port explosion on Wednesday, with residents expressing anger and sadness in a city ...Deadly explosion, gunfire hit Kabul near Afghan capital’s fortified ‘Green Zone’
A car bomb blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday near the heavily fortified “Green Zone”, leaving three ...Olympics-Track world record smashed as IOC probes Belarus over sprinter
The Olympics governing body was probing Belarus’s treatment of an athlete seeking refuge while Norway’s Karsten Warholm demolished a world record on ...‘Indiscriminate’ Afghan fighting hurting civilians the most, says UN
Afghan forces battled the Taliban for control of a key provincial capital Tuesday, as the United Nations warned “indiscriminate” gunfire and air ...Afghan president blames worsening security situation on sudden U.S. pullout
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed Afghanistan’s fast-deteriorating security situation on a “sudden” decision by the United States to withdraw its troops, ...Seeking asylum, Belarus athlete walks into Poland’s embassy in Tokyo
A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/exclusive-olympics-belarusian-athlete-says-she-was-taken-airport-go-home-after-2021-08-01 after she said she was taken to the airport against her wishes ...