US presses on with evacuation from Afghanistan after deadly Kabul airport attack
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United…
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Evacuation from Afghanistan in final phase after deadly Kabul airport attack
By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The…
Continue ReadingChina’s newest boy band, the youngest member 7 years old, disbands three days after debut
By Jessie Yeung and Zixu Wang, CNN They sing, they dance, they’re impeccably dressed — and they’re all children, mostly under 10.…
Continue ReadingChina has administered 2 billion Covid vaccine shots. But coercive measures are sparking anger
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN China’s coronavirus vaccination drive has surpassed 2 billion doses, authorities announced Friday, but…
Continue ReadingUS troops and Afghans killed in suicide attacks outside Kabul airport
By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler and Tim Lister, CNN Thirteen US…
Continue Reading‘I was 50 steps from the blast:’ Witness describes carnage of Kabul airport attack
CNN By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described horrifying…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan has sparked fears of an al Qaeda and ISIS revival
CNN By Tim Lister, CNN In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Taliban resisted demands from Washington to hand over…
Continue ReadingKabul airport attack shows Afghanistan is still a terror hotbed that the Taliban will struggle to control
By Tim Lister, CNN The devastating bomb attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday is a brutal reminder that Afghanistan remains fertile territory for…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan has sparked fears of an al Qaeda and ISIS revival
CNN By Tim Lister, CNN In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Taliban resisted demands from Washington to hand over…
Continue ReadingHong Kong national security police investigate Tiananmen Square vigil organizers
By Jessie Yeung and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police are investigating the group behind the city’s annual June 4…
Continue ReadingFor decades the Taliban’s leaders have been shrouded in secrecy. Here’s what we know about the key players
By Saleem Mehsud, Kara Fox, Natalie Croker and Henrik Pettersson and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban‘s leadership structure has long been a…
Continue ReadingTaliban tell Afghan women to stay home from work because soldiers are ‘not trained’ to respect them
By Rob Picheta and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Fear is mounting for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban told working women to stay at home,…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand battles worst outbreak since last year as Delta cases rise
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand authorities reported 62 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases Wednesday — the highest number in a…
Continue ReadingTaliban say they won’t allow Afghans to leave country, reject evacuation extension
CNN, AFP, QATAR GOVT, KTVT, DEFENSE DEPT, UNITED AIRLINES, HANIF SUFIZADA, TALIBAN VIDEO, ISIS VIDEO By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon and Sheena…
Continue ReadingTaliban says it won’t allow Afghans to leave country, rejects evacuation extension
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon and Sheena McKenzie, CNN The Taliban said Tuesday that it would not allow Afghans to leave the country and said…
Continue ReadingTaliban say they won’t allow Afghans to leave country, reject evacuation extension
By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon, Sheena McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban said Tuesday that they were “not allowing the…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban hasn’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
CNN By Kara Fox and Tim Lister, CNN As the Taliban firms up its grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the militant…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban haven’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firm up their grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
Continue ReadingDozens of US Air Force planes head to Kabul as 20,000 people remain at airport
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Dozens of US military transport jets were expected to land at Kabul’s international airport on Monday, as about…
Continue ReadingFrom ‘air-pocalypse’ to blue skies. Beijing’s fight for cleaner air is a rare victory for public dissent
By Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Beijing was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities, with dense smog and acrid…
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