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7 US Capitol police officers sue Trump over Jan 6 riot
Filed in a Washington, D.C. federal court on Thursday, the officers accused Trump of acting in concert with right-wing extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers engaged in acts of domestic terrorism during the riot, Xinhua news agency reported. They alleged that Trump and the other defendants violated both state law and provisions of the Ku Klux Klan Act, an 1871 federal statute that makes it illegal to use force or threats to prevent federal officers from carrying out their official duties.
US Covid hospitalisations top 100K for 1st time since Jan
Hospitalisations are the highest across the South, where every state in the region has a higher portion of its population currently hospitalised with Covid-19 than the national level, Xinhua news agency quoted The Washington Post report as saying on Thursday. More than 17,000 people are hospitalised with Covid-19 in Florida, the highest among all US states, followed by Texas with 14,000, the newspaper said.
With vow to 'hunt down' suicide bombers, Biden risks further Afghan entanglement
"To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay," he declared in an address to the nation on Thursday evening. The suicide bombing at the entrance to the Kabul airport was carried out on Thursday by the Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) group, a radical affiliate of the IS.
UN chief following situation in Kabul with 'great concern'
"He condemns this terrorist attack which killed and injured a number of civilians, and extends his deep condolences to the families of those killed. He stands in solidarity and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured," Dujarric said on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. "This incident underscores the volatility of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan but also strengthens our resolve as we continue to deliver urgent assistance across the country in support of the Afghan people," the spokesman added.
Biden vows retribution as death toll rises to 103 in Kabul bombings
The number of US service members killed in the attacks has risen to 13, with 18 more injured troops currently in the process of being flown out of the country, according to the latest update by Bill Urban, public affairs officer of the US Central Command. The blast at the airport was followed by another one at the adjacent Baron Hotel, whose details are being figured out by the US military.
Whenever Islamist extremists take power, terror follows: British MP
"The attack on innocent people at Kabul airport simply trying to escape the horror of Taliban rule shows exactly who the group has brought with them. The pattern is well established - from Nigeria and Mali to Syria and Iraq - whenever Islamist extremists take power, terror follows," he said, adding that Taliban rule has brought this to innocent people trying to escape the horror of Taliban rule.
UK to continue Afghan evacuation despite Kabul airport blasts
"I want to stress that this threat of a terrorist attack is one of the constraints that we've been operating under in Operation Pitting, in the big extraction that's been going on, and we've been ready for it; we've been prepared for it," Johnson told the reporters after an emergency meeting, Xinhua reported.
'Nightmare': Military veterans warn US against delaying Afghanistan exit
"If we stay against the will of the Taliban -- on Wednesday morning -- the nightmare scenario is light machine gun fire, and a dozen mortar rounds, closing down their evacuation of our forces. At which point, we've got a real problem," retired four star general Barry Richard McCaffrey said in a television interview on Thursday.
'Kill list': Report says US handed Taliban names of Americans to evacuate
Days after Kabul fell to the Taliban, two suicide bombers and gunmen from the ISIS-K -- far more radical than the Taliban -- attacked crowds of fleeing Afghans at Kabul airport on Thursday. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans, 13 US troops, and injured at least 18 US service members. Anger and shock are rippling through Washington on the scale of outsourcing Americans' exit routes to the Taliban -- which has a long history of brutality towards US service members.
UNGA president calls for protecting civilians in Afghanistan
"Protection of civilians and rights and freedoms of Afghan people - in particular women and children must be a priority," the UNGA president said on Thursday in a note emailed to UN correspondents, Xinhua news agency reported. Bozkir noted that for 40 years, the General Assembly has addressed "the situation in Afghanistan," focusing on peace, stability, good governance, human rights and development.
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