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China tests new missiles in simulated Taiwan strike

Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2021

China’s recent test of reported new missiles appears to have been a simulated attack on a Taiwan airfield and also a possible test launch of a new hypersonic weapon, according to a U.S. Air Force research center analysis.

Biblical Euphrates River Drying Threatening Humanitarian Disaster In Syria

Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in northeast Syria as one of the Bible's most famous rivers is drying up fast. The Euphrates, which is believed to have flown through the Biblical 'Garden of Eden,'…

WHO Seeks Global Digital Vaccination System

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) says its member states should roll out a universal digital information system to check if people are vaccinated against COVID-19.

US to be removed from EU travel ‘safe list’

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

The European Union is reportedly planning to recommend that its member nations reinstate restrictions on travelers from the U.S. due to the rising level of COVID-19 infections.

General: ‘Hundreds Of Americans Left Behind In Afghanistan’

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

The United States is potentially facing its biggest hostage crisis in decades Tuesday, with a key U.S. general confirming that at least hundreds of Americans are left behind in Afghanistan.

US Military Leaves Afghanistan Ending America’s Longest War

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

The last U.S. planes have flown out of Afghanistan, perhaps ending America’s longest war after a 20 years presence, the U.S. military confirmed.

Poland: Police regional council to maintain “LGBT-free zone” despite risking loss of EU funding

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

A regional council in predominantly Catholic Poland has voted to remain an "LGBT-free zone,” risking a loss of funding from the European Union, Reuters reports. The southern Malopolska region has received a letter from the EU warning it…

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of…

UN Watchdog: ‘North Korea’s Restart Of Nuclear Enrichment Plant Deeply Troubling’

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2021

The United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Monday that nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor.

New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2021

A new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, has been detected in South Africa and a number of other countries, with concerns that it could be more infectious and evade vaccines, according to a new preprint study by South Africa's National…

‘Civilians Killed As US Strike Targets Suicide Bombers’

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2021

Innocent civilians may have been killed when a U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State, U.S. officials said Sunday.

Taliban: ‘US Kills Suicide Bomber In Afghanistan’

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2021

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban says the United States has carried out an airstrike targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul International airport.

US Drone Strike Kills “Planner” Of Kabul Attacks

Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2021

The United States has carried out a drone strike against an Islamic State (IS) group "planner" in eastern Afghanistan after an attack outside Kabul's airport killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 169 Afghans, officials say.

US President Biden Warns Islamist State After Kabul Blasts Kill 13 American Troops, 60 Civilians

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2021

A visibly moved U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday, saying it “is a tough day” after the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan in a decade killed 13 American troops and scores of civilians around Kabul’s airport.

US General Warns Of More Attacks After Kabul Airport Bombings

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2021

U.S. General Kenneth F. McKenzie has warned of more attacks after 12 American troops were killed in suicide blasts and shootings around Kabul’s main airport. “They range from rocket attacks to suicide vehicles for a small to a…

Kabul Airport Suicide Blasts Kill Four U.S. Marines

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2021

Four U.S. Marines were among dozens killed in twin suicide attacks and gunfire at Kabul’s airport, U.S. officials and other sources said. Three American Marines and roughly 120 other people were injured. The blasts and gunfire erupted around…

Islamic State Involved In Kabul Airport Suicide Attacks; 15 Killed

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Islamic State group was involved in twin suicide bombings targeting crowds outside Kabul’s airport, killing more than a dozen people, U.S. and Russian officials said Thursday.

Afghanistan’s Taliban Rulers Appoint Former U.S. Terror Suspect As Defense Minister

Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban group has appointed a suspected terrorist who was held at the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay prison facility as acting defense minister. The Islamist rulers named ex-detainee Abdul Qayyum Zakir, a mullah or Muslim mosque leader, as…

China Warns Of Counterattack Against Those Questioning Coronavirus Origins

Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2021

China warned Wednesday it would retaliate with "a counterattack" against those questioning whether the coronavirus leaked from its labs after U.S. President Joe Biden indicated he would make public findings of an intelligence investigation into the origins of…

Over 1,000 Afghan Christians Flown To Safety Amid Pressure On President Biden

Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2021

More than 1,000 desperate Christians have been flown from Afghanistan after American radio host Glenn Beck and a group he founded raised millions of dollars to rescue them, organizers said Wednesday.

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