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Al-Azhar has strongly condemned the two bombing attacks near Kabul airport in Afghanistan, which left scores of Afghans and US...

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Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids

DALLAS - Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients...

Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, avenge US deaths

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden vowed to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite a deadly...

Afghan evacuation flights restart after deadly suicide bombings

KABUL - Last-ditch evacuation flights took off from Kabul airport on Friday, a day after twin suicide bombings on crowds...

China says Kabul attacks show Afghan security situation ‘severe’

BEIJING — China today condemned the deadly attacks by Islamic State suicide bombers outside Kabul airport, saying Afghanistan still faces...

Ethiopian rights group: 150 reported dead in alleged attack

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says it has received reports from residents that some 150 people were...

Germany’s Merkel cancels Israel trip due to Afghanistan

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled her planned trip to Israel on Aug. 28-30 due to the tense...

(Update 1) US: 2 explosions near Kabul airport; IS suspected

WASHINGTON - There were at least two explosions near Kabul's airport amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan...

(Update) Blast outside Kabul airport kills at least 13, Taliban official says