US forces at the airport were forced to fire into the air to restore calm as thousands crowded the tarmac in the hopes of securing a place on a flight out of the country.

Trudeau is hoping to capitalise on his government's successful vaccination campaign against COVID-19 to win a majority of seats in Parliament.

The call from the more than 70 countries came hours after Talian insurgents stormed capital Kabul.

The killing of an Afghan comic by Taliban militants this week has raised fears of revenge killings, as the Taliban take control of the country.

On Saturday, hundreds of Tihany residents demonstrated against redevelopment plans around the lake shore.

Gerd Muller, who took Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team to the top of the footballing world in the 1970s, has died aged 75.

A warehouse where fuel was illegally stored exploded in northern Lebanon on Sunday morning, killing at least 28 people and burning dozens.

Israel announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest over a new law in Poland that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime.

Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani has fled the country, as Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government.

Taliban fighters are entering Kabul from all sides says Interior Ministry

Venezuela's government and opposition discuss ending sanctions and holding elections in a bid to end a crippling political and economic crisis.

President Obrador wants Spain to apologise for the conquest that caused the near-extermination of its indigenous peoples but Spain has refused.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter 12 kilometres northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, the US Geological Survey said.

A firefighting plane that was rented from Russia crashed on Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, state media reported.

British street artist Banksy confirmed via a video on his Instagram account on Friday that he was indeed the author of several works that recently appeared in England.

Around 21,000 federal firefighters - more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago - are at work.

Britain’s police watchdog says it has launched an investigation into why a 22-year-old man who fatally shot five people in southwest England on Thursday was given back his confiscated gun and gun license last month.

The spread of the coronavirus Delta variant has forced China and Israel to ramp up vaccinations and Australia's state of New South Wales to go into lockdown.

The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in coastal Turkey has climbed to at least 40, the country's emergency and disaster agency said on Saturday.

The Milan-born medic's humanitarian agency has treated more than 11 million people in 19 war-torn countries since it was founded in 1994.

The Russian foreign ministry said the move came in retaliation to Britain's "persecution of Russian journalists".

A country-by-country look at how Europe has reacted to the crisis in Afghanistan.

The proportion of white people went from just over 63% in 2010 to just under 58%, the lowest on record.

Dozens of fake accounts are using Snapchat to sell "fake health passes" for up to €300 each.

Officials started counting the results in Zambia after polling stations closed on Thursday as voters waited in long lines to cast their ballots.

Politicians and military figures have condemned the British and American governments for betraying the Afghan people by pulling troops out, as Taliban fighters make their biggest gains yet.

Russian authorities have expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia to bring in outside resources to combat wildfires.

A Danish court has convicted former MEP Morten Messerschmidt of fraud and forgery, after wrongly receiving nearly 100,000 Danish kroner during his term as MEP in 2015.

Poland's draft bill has been criticised by Brussels and Washington for threatening media freedom.

The western Austrian town of Imst is reportedly planning to remove a memorial to three soldiers who were members of the Waffen SS during World War II.

Many people are ignoring government pleas to avoid travel and stay away from bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes at record levels.

Authorities believe the blast on Thursday evening in Voronezh is not terror-related.

The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital Kabul as the group continued to make military gains across the country on Saturday.

More than 580 fires have been observed since late July with over 100,000 hectares of forests and olive groves razed to the ground.

"It is vindication for Britney," her lawyer said.

According to the Viasna Human Rights Centre, there are currently 631 political prisoners in the country.

Several other countries, including France and Israel, have similar recommendations.

The series employed 1,200 people in New Zealand directly and another 700 indirectly, according to the figures.

“This is a truly shocking and tragic incident," said Shaun Sawyer, Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police

The EU has warned the Taliban faces international "isolation" if it takes power by force, as more Afghan cities fall to the rebels.

Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades before being deposed in 2019, faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

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Iranian officials said the photo "extremely inappropriate" given its links to the 1943 Tehran agreement - when Iran was under Allied control.

A total of 124,000 illegal border crossings were recorded in 2020. So far this year Frontex has observed more than 82,000.

Satellite images showed damage from the leak may have been misreported, with the spill appearing to be 400 times larger than initially claimed.

Police detained 76 people in connection with attacks on homes and businesses owned by Syrians amid heightened tensions in Turkey against refugees.

About 45 people are eligible for evacuation with the spouses and children

The floods battered the Black Sea coastal provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, Sinop, and Samsun on Wednesday, demolishing a number of homes and buildings.

"Media pluralism and diversity of opinions are what strong democracies welcome, not fight against," said Vera Jourova, the EC's vice-president for values and transparency.

These children are learning how to adapt after fleeing countries such as Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan without parents or family.