DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the presence of foreign troops in Syria, saying they are there against the will of the Syrian government and are blocking the …
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By ALBERT AJI and DARIA LITVINOVA
Associated Press | 9/14/21 |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Military search dogs and goose-stepping trainers. Health workers wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits. And a slimmed down, beaming Kim Jong Un in a cream-colored …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press | 9/9/21 |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will allow between 100 and 150 Westerners, including Americans, to fly out from Kabul in the coming hours, Qatari officials said …
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By KATHY GANNON
Associated Press | 9/9/21 |
TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press | 9/9/21 |
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's government was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over an overnight fire that ripped through a field hospital set up to treat COVID-19 …
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By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES
Associated Press | 9/9/21 |
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to …
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By ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer | 9/9/21 |
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix …
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press | 9/5/21 |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small group of Afghan women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday, demanding equal rights from the Taliban as Afghanistan's new rulers work on …
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By KATHY GANNON
Associated Press | 9/3/21 |
BEIJING (AP) — China's government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote "revolutionary culture," broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and …
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By JOE McDONALD
Associated Press | 9/3/21 |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban triumphantly marched into Kabul's international airport on Tuesday, hours after the final U.S. troop withdrawal that ended America's longest war. Standing …
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By KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR
Associated Press | 8/31/21 |