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France’s ‘trial of the century’ begins over Bataclan terror attacks that killed 130

Wednesday, September 8 by ABC News

(PARIS) -- France's long-awaited "trial of the century" began Wednesday in Paris as more than a dozen people tied to the November 2015 terror attacks -- the deadliest in the country since World War II -- face a panel of judges.In a matter of... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: Taliban name caretaker government

Tuesday, September 7 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort the past two weeks.But even as the last American... Read More.

Trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed set to resume at Guantanamo Bay

Tuesday, September 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- Twenty years after 9/11, the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is set to resume once again after a series of delays, including the coronavirus pandemic.Mohammed will be... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: First US-facilitated evacuation of Americans since US forces departed

Tuesday, September 7 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort the past two weeks.But even as the last American... Read More.

Top Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova sentenced to 11 years

Monday, September 6 by ABC News

(MOSCOW) -- One of Belarus' top opposition figures, who helped lead massive protests against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko last year, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a court in Minsk.Maria Kolesnikova was one of three women who found themselves at the... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: Taliban claims victory over Panjshir, last pocket of resistance

Monday, September 6 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort the past two weeks.But even as the last American... Read More.

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to resign

Friday, September 3 by ABC News

(TOKYO) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will not seek re-election as president of the country's Liberal Democratic Party, effectively ending his term as prime minister after just one year.Suga told reporters Friday that he would instead work on policy measures, specifically highlighting efforts... Read More.

New Zealand police shoot dead ‘ISIS-inspired extremist’ after he stabs six at supermarket

Friday, September 3 by ABC News

(AUCKLAND, New Zealand) -- New Zealand is reeling from a knife-wielding rampage at a busy Auckland supermarket that left six fighting for their lives and the assailant dead. Authorities have called it a terror attack.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the man behind Friday's... Read More.

Prince Harry urges governments and pharma companies to end vaccine inequity

Thursday, September 2 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Prince Harry gave an impassioned speech at an awards ceremony last night, pleading with governments and pharmaceutical companies to do more to vaccinate the world.“Where you’re born should not affect your ability to survive, when the drugs and know-how exist to keep... Read More.

Historic Afghanistan evacuation wraps up, with fate of those left behind uncertain

Thursday, September 2 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- At one minute before midnight local time on Aug. 31, the last U.S. servicemember was withdrawn from Afghanistan. It marked the end to almost two decades of war and a frantic and heavily criticized evacuation effort prompted by the Taliban rapidly recapturing... Read More.

A flight they’ll never forget: Afghan evacuation crews recount journey

Wednesday, September 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- For the thousands of Afghan evacuees bound for the U.S., their rescue flights to America were just one more step in a long journey, but for the airline crews who brought them here -- the flights are the most memorable of their... Read More.

Inside State Department officials’ scramble to rescue Americans, Afghan partners

Wednesday, September 1 by ABC News

(WASHNGTON) -- When the young boy, just 13 or 14 years-old, was safely inside the gates of Kabul's international airport, U.S. State Department officials there asked two questions: Where were his parents? And why was there blood all over his clothes?"He said that somebody... Read More.

France’s ‘trial of the century’ begins over Bataclan terror attacks that killed 130

Afghanistan updates: Taliban name caretaker government

Trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed set to resume at Guantanamo Bay

Afghanistan updates: First US-facilitated evacuation of Americans since US forces departed

Top Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova sentenced to 11 years

Afghanistan updates: Taliban claims victory over Panjshir, last pocket of resistance

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to resign

New Zealand police shoot dead ‘ISIS-inspired extremist’ after he stabs six at supermarket

Prince Harry urges governments and pharma companies to end vaccine inequity

Historic Afghanistan evacuation wraps up, with fate of those left behind uncertain

A flight they’ll never forget: Afghan evacuation crews recount journey

Inside State Department officials’ scramble to rescue Americans, Afghan partners

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