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UN underlines need for limiting global temperature rise
"The entire planet is going through a season of fire and floods," primarily hurting fragile and vulnerable populations in rich and poor countries alike, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a high-level meeting on climate action, reports Xinhua news agency.
Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israel's high-security jail
The men are believed to have dug a hole in the floor of their cell at Gilboa prison, a high-security facility in northern Israel known as "The Safe", then crawled through a cavity and tunnelled beneath the outer wall, the BBC reported. Officials were alerted by farmers who noticed them running through fields. Authorities have launched a manhunt and set up roadblocks to stop the men reaching the nearby occupied West Bank or Jordan, which is about 14 km from the prison.
Hurricane Ida: 13 dead in US' Louisiana
Most residents in New Orleans, the state's largest city, will have power by Wednesday, but some of the hardest-hit areas may be in the dark until the end of this month, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the major power provider in the state, Entergy.
Massoud calls for Afghan resurrection against Taliban
Massoud said that people from all the classes should get together and stand for their country against the Taliban, Khaama News reported. Masoud aired his voice clip from an unknown place, hours after Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that there are unconfirmed reports that Amrullah Saleh had fled Panjshir.
Threat of bio-terror from radical Islamist groups, warns Tony Blair
In a speech to the defence thinktank Rusi marking the 20th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the US, Blair, who was British Prime Minister at the time, and supported military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, insisted the terrorist threat remained a first order issue, The Guardian reported.
What is Pakistan upto in Kabul?
The Pakistani chorus is met with as much scepticism as disbelief. This is largely because the world has come to see the Taliban and its allies in the splintered militant landscape as the proxies of Paksitan Army's eyes and ears - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The way the ISI chief has air dashed to Kabul to broker peace amongst the Taliban groups jockeying for positions in the new dispensation has dented Taliban.
Afghanistan heads towards devastating economic and humanitarian crisis
Afghanistan now is experiencing a collapse of administration and economy, rising food prices, restriction on basic freedom and brutalities against women and children. And there is no mechanism to seek redress or appeal, thus creating a hell-like situation for Afghan people. The humanitarian organisations and non-profits working in Afghanistan have painted a horrific picture of Afghanistan and its people.
Taliban takeover doesn't end anti-Pakistan sentiments among Afghans
The Ashraf Ghani government was also rigid with its consistent blame on Pakistan for working towards instability and unrest in Afghanistan. While Ghani has been ousted from power by the Afghan Taliban and the US-led NATO forces have also left the country in haste, anti-Pakistan sentiments still prevail among the Afghans.
Pakistanis happy on Taliban takeover while govt remains cautious
The fall of Kabul after the withdrawal of the US-backed NATO forces to the hands of the Afghan Taliban has seen different responses from various global powers and players, as they move towards recognition of the Taliban led government setup in what seems to be the only way forward with limited or no other options.
India, Australia navy exercise to promote stability in Indo-Pacific
The Indian Navy Task Group comprising INS Shivalik and Kadmatt, under the command of Eastern Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti, is participating in the fourth edition of AUSINDEX from September 6 to September 10. Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac Class Frigate, HMAS Warramunga, which participated in exercise Malabar along with the Indian Navy units, is part of the exercise.
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