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Berlin: Germany’s Foreign Office urged citizens on Thursday to take the earliest flight out of Afghanistan, as more cities fell to the militants."German citizens in the country are urged to take a scheduled flight out at the earliest...

Kabul: The Taliban have taken over Ghazni province, making it the 10th province to fall in the past week as it continued its rapid advance capturing more territories across Afghanistan.The Taliban have entered all government facilities in Ghazni in...

Washington: The question of whether the coronavirus sprang from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan or spread naturally from animals to humans continues to divide the US intelligence community, CNN reported, citing sources familiar with the investigation.Intelligence...

Washington: The US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, could be evacuated as soon as the end of this month, Politico reported.The report quoted three persons familiar with the situation in Afghanistan who said internal discussions are underway about closing the...

Beijing: China on Thursday issued a white paper to elaborate on how its realization of all-around moderate prosperity represents comprehensive progress in ensuring universal human rights in China, and a new contribution to the world's human rights cause.Titled "Moderate...

Kabul: One of the Mi-35 attack helicopters, gifted by India to the Afghan Defence forces two years ago, may have fallen in the hands of the Taliban which have reportedly captured the Kunduz airport.Even though there is no official...

Kabul: Hundreds of Afghan security officers surrendered to the Taliban in the area around Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz, located close to the border with Tajikistan, provincial council member Amruddin Wali told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday.According to Wali, hundreds...

New York: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that he was resigning amid allegations that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen colleagues and accepted full responsibility for his actions while characterizing the accusations as "false.""I think that...

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh province, to discuss security issues, a presidential spokesperson told Sputnik.During meetings with locals, the president alongside ex-Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum and former Balkh...

Moscow: Canadian Michael Spavor, detained by China in late 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges, CBC reported.The court also called for Spavor's deportation and confiscation of some $10,000 of...