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Ivan Cholakov/iStock (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of an address to the nation by Afghanistan’s president, Taliban forces gained major ground Saturday while they advance toward the capital of Kabul. As the latest cities fall, [Read More…]

ABC News (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) — Tropical Depression Fred may restrengthen to a tropical storm Friday as it closes in on Florida. The biggest threat from Fred is flash flooding, especially in South Florida, where [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan and claims at least nine provincial capitals in just days, a new U.S. military analysis warns that the country’s capital, Kabul, could become isolated in [Read More…]

da-kuk/iStock (NEW YORK) — Eight months after Iran banned imports of any vaccines developed in the United States or the United Kingdom, the country is in the grips of its deadliest coronavirus surge yet, prompting [Read More…]

Cesar Okada/iStock (TIJUANA, Mexico) — A California man has been charged with the murder of his two young children in Mexico, authorities said. Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, of Santa Barbara, California, was charged Wednesday with [Read More…]

chameleonseye/iStock (JERUSALEM) — Beginning Wednesday, all travelers from the United States arriving in Israel will be required to quarantine for seven days, regardless of their vaccination status. Israel’s Knesset Labour and Health Committee approved the [Read More…]

KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s envoy for Afghanistan will meet with the Taliban’s political leadership this week to urge them “to stop their military offensive and to negotiate a political settlement,” the State Department [Read More…]