The US President’s top national security advisers told him to expect more bloodshed as the US withdrawal effort enters its “most dangerous” period.

The US said it made an unmanned counter-terrorism air strike against an Islamic State-K operative – its first military move since the Kabul airport attack.

“Many people are leaving, but there are still girls who have dreams,” said Saghar whose team’s high profile made them feel scared for their future.

The Brazilian scientists were sceptical. They ran different models to check calculations, but they all returned the same startling result.

The defining characteristics of Jacinda Ardern’s “go hard, go early” strategy has been the deployment of strict lockdowns that would make most Australians wince.

Two of RFK’s sons favoured the parole of the 77-year-old Sirhan Sirhan.

A much-awaited report says most US intelligence agencies believe the virus was probably not genetically engineered, but there is still a divide.

Britain reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in just over a month during the past seven days, reflecting the continued spread of the Delta variant of the disease, government figures showed on Friday.

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Security forces in Indonesia, where terrorists had planned to carry out an attack last week, are intensifying efforts to stop violent extremism after the Kabul bombings.

The bombing at Kabul airport raises the risk that the US defeat will encourage terrorism worldwide.

Indigenous peoples from the Amazon Basin’s nine countries often struggle to be heard. Now they want a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

The attack has sparked global outrage and a promise of retribution from the US

The horrific attacks on Kabul could lead to the US reasserting its hard power and renewing security commitments elsewhere. Meanwhile, China and Russia will face fresh challenges in dealing with Afghanistan.

The lawsuit alleges that Trump, by falsely claiming the presidential election was rigged, incited the mob to storm the building.

Chilean Francisca Mardones has represented her country in wheelchair tennis and, latterly, shot put, discus throwing and javelin.

Videos and photos posted on social media showed some victims being rolled away in wheelbarrows and taken to emergency wards.

Citing Australia’s experience with the Delta variant, Ardern said the number of cases could continue to rise because if it gets into a family “it gets everyone”.

Two deadly suicide bombings came just days before the scheduled withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan, plunging the departure effort into chaos.

IS-K or ISIS-K rejects the Taliban’s deal with the US and its focus on Afghanistan instead of a wider caliphate. The two groups have attacked each other.

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Scott Morrison says Australia mourns the loss of US personnel and Afghan civilians in the suicide bomb attack outside Kabul airport overnight.

The US President’s threats to punish those responsible for the attacks rang hollow in a place where no one is in control.

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Researchers at the Imperial College London have found that, regardless of playing ability, pianists quickly adapt their brain to control a sixth digit.

In his first interview from prison, he says it’s “like a Chinese labour camp, where everybody marches in line and cameras are everywhere. There is constant control.”

China has criticised the US “politicisation” of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding a US military laboratory be investigated.

Among every 100,000 patients who get the Pfizer vaccine, one to five will likely develop myocarditis, but the risk is much lower than among those infected.

Ardern said authorities were “very pleased” that the swift move to lockdown had so far prevented cases in the South Island.

One man posted a video of blood pouring from his own head. He said: “They [the Taliban] hit me. I am Australian citizen.”

One member of the county’s governing body asked if the prison was effectively experimenting on detainees.

Jeremy was among the biggest names in the adult film industry having appeared in more than 2000 movies starting in the 1970s.

President Joe Biden said he is sticking to his August 31 deadline for completing the US pullout, ramping up pressure on the already risky operation.

The congressmen now face criticism for showboating as politicians — which they vehemently deny — while adding needless confusion to a dire situation.

Spencer Elden has filed a lawsuit over his depiction on one of the most famous album covers of all time.

Former Indonesia vice-president Jusuf Kalla was a key figure in talks with the Taliban over the past two years. He too is waiting for the Taliban to do as it promised.

China earlier accused the US Vice-President, who is in Vietnam, of seeking to drive a wedge between countries in the region.

Poor execution of the withdrawal should not obscure the strategic justification for ending this 20-year war.

A baby under the age of one is the youngest person infected with the Delta variant in the country. Dozens more cases were added on Wednesday.

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The new law gives Belgians the right to enter a neighbour’s property to retrieve lost items, but there is a key condition.

Public health groups are using controversial micro-targeting techniques on Facebook to persuade political and religious conservatives to get their jabs.

Rather than co-pilots in the withdrawal effort, Joe Biden has treated America’s allies like powerless passengers. Now they feel dismayed and betrayed.

Britain’s fast-food supply chains have been hit hard as European truck drivers leave the country as Nandos and KFC also report shortages.

“We’ve already had gun-fighting break out,” Biden said in an address to the nation. “We run a serious risk of it breaking down as time goes on.”

A quarter of Los Angeles residents who caught COVID as Delta surged between May and July were vaccinated - but only 3 per cent of them were hospitalised.

More than 1000 refugees who have already fled Afghanistan defied a ban on public gatherings in the Indonesian capital and fought with police.

The President said he agreed to the nomination given “popular calls”.

An interpreter for the Australians says the Taliban have put up pictures of his family in the local mosque, seeking information on their whereabouts in hiding.

Australia-based former Hong Kong MP Ted Hui wants to know: “What does she have to say to my comrades thrown in jail?“.