President vows that drone strike on Islamic State will not be last Taliban says it will announce Afghan cabinet soon ‘Biden’s worst nightmare’: how Afghanistan shook a president Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another terrorist attack in Kabul was highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours, and […]
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Speaking on Saturday afternoon, Biden vows further strikes against Islamic State as airport terror threat ‘remains high’; largest UK evacuation mission since second world war comes to a close Joe Biden says new Kabul terror attack highly likely in next 24 to 36 hours UK councils ‘ready to assist’ Afghan […]
Block on decisions on Afghan protection claims discovered by asylum seeker’s lawyer An Afghan man who arrived in the UK at the age of 14 after fleeing persecution has been “left in limbo” because of a Home Office policy blocking decisions on all asylum claims from Afghanistan. The 26-year-old Afghan […]
US warns citizens to leave airport gates and not to travel to airport; US drone strike killed Islamic State member, no civilians Fear and fury in Kabul as thousands face being abandoned by UK US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan Afghans crowd airport gates as evacuation efforts wind […]
Sirhan, 77, convicted of killing Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968 Decision subject to further review and governor’s final approval The man who killed Robert F Kennedy was granted parole on Friday after two of the former attorney general, senator and presidential hopeful’s sons spoke in favor of release and […]
Outbreak of Delta Covid cases likely to put strain on health services in areas with low vaccination rates, experts say Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Delta variant doubles the risk of Covid hospitalisation compared with the previously dominant Alpha variant, a new study focused largely […]
Researchers say the tiny island in Greenland – roughly 30 metres across – was exposed by shifting pack ice Scientists have discovered a new island off the coast of Greenland, which they say is the world’s northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice. “It was not […]
Leoaai Elghareeb, 37, charged with contaminating or interfering with goods at Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s stores A solicitor accused of using syringes to inject blood into food at three west London supermarkets has appeared in court. Leoaai Elghareeb is charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with intent at three […]
Images of the injured fill the front pages as story of the deadly attack in Afghanistan claimed by Islamic State dominates the news Kabul airport attack: latest news The atrocity in Afghanistan dominates the front pages of newspapers in the UK and all over the world, with an image of […]
Two suicide bombers and at least one attack by a gunman lead to deadliest day for US forces in a decade Afghanistan – live updates Multiple bomb blasts and at least one attack by a gunman in Kabul on Thursday killed dozens of civilians and at least 13 US service […]