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Thousands of troops heading to Afghanistan to help with US embassy departures

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department will begin reducing its staff levels at the U.S. embassy in Kabul and the Pentagon will send troops in to help facilitate those departures, as Taliban forces advance on more provincial capitals.State Department Spokesman Ned Price said that while... Read More.

London’s top cop on Prince Andrew: ‘No one is above the law’

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, was asked on Thursday about the new civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew filed Monday in a New York court by Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Giuffre is accusing Prince... Read More.

Taliban fighters reportedly executing surrendering troops, which could amount to war crimes, US officials say

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- As Taliban forces advance on more provincial capitals, the U.S. is warning that its fighters are committing atrocities that could amount to war crimes and the State Department will soon announce that it is significantly reducing its staff levels at the... Read More.

Siberian wildfires now bigger than all other fires in world combined

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(YAKUTSK, Russia) -- Gigantic wildfires are burning across Siberia on a record scale that is larger than all the fires raging this summer around the world combined.The massive blazes in Russia are fueled in part by extreme heat waves and record droughts that scientists... Read More.

Two new species of dinosaurs found in China, scientists say

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have discovered two new species of dinosaurs in a region where dinosaur fossils had never been unearthed.Fossils from three different dinosaurs dating to the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 to 120 million years ago, recently were been uncovered in the... Read More.

Kabul could soon fall to Taliban: US military

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(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 30 to 60 days and could fall to the militant... Read More.

US military analysis says Kabul could fall to Taliban in 90 days: Official

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

Iran facing its deadliest coronavirus surge after banning import on US vaccines

Thursday, August 12 by ABC News

(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 criticism of the government for prioritizing politics over public health.Over... Read More.

Israel to require U.S. travelers to self-quarantine for seven days

Wednesday, August 11 by ABC News

(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 measure earlier this month. Currently, there are only ten countries from... Read More.

California man arrested in connection with the deaths of his two young children, authorities say

Wednesday, August 11 by ABC News

(TIJUANA, Mexico) -- A California man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of his two young children in Mexico, authorities said.The man, identified by Mexican authorities as Matthew Taylor, 40, of Santa Barbara, California, checked into a hotel near Tijuana, Mexico with... Read More.

Biden sends envoy in urgent effort to stop Taliban offensive in Afghanistan

Tuesday, August 10 by ABC News

(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 announced.But as the militant group seized a seventh provincial capital... Read More.

Fires continue to rip through Greek island as residents, other countries jump in to help

Tuesday, August 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Greek residents waited out the wildfires through the night on Sunday, after being evacuated on a ferry off the coast of Pefki, a town in the north of Evia.In a televised address, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that 586 fires... Read More.

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Thousands of troops heading to Afghanistan to help with US embassy departures

London’s top cop on Prince Andrew: ‘No one is above the law’

Taliban fighters reportedly executing surrendering troops, which could amount to war crimes, US officials say

Siberian wildfires now bigger than all other fires in world combined

Two new species of dinosaurs found in China, scientists say

Kabul could soon fall to Taliban: US military

US military analysis says Kabul could fall to Taliban in 90 days: Official

Iran facing its deadliest coronavirus surge after banning import on US vaccines

Israel to require U.S. travelers to self-quarantine for seven days

California man arrested in connection with the deaths of his two young children, authorities say

Biden sends envoy in urgent effort to stop Taliban offensive in Afghanistan

Fires continue to rip through Greek island as residents, other countries jump in to help

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