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A light aircraft crashed into the sea close to the Greek island of Samos on Monday, Greek authorities said, without providing further details.

About a third of the $606 million being sought would be used by the U.N. World Food Programme which found that 93% of the 1,600 Afghans it surveyed in August and September were not consuming sufficient foods.

The New York Times quoted two health experts as saying that Covid vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 could be available as soon as the end of October, bringing relief to parents of younger children

Qatar has long acted as a mediator, hosting the Taliban's talks with the US under former president Donald Trump, and then with now deposed pro-western Afghan govt.

Of the more than 80 women working at the airport before Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, just 12 have returned to their jobs.

China, Russia and India are worried about Pakistan's involvement in new Taliban government formation, while Australia too expressed concerns at a ministerial meeting with India.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan, to complain about alleged interference by American digital giants in Russias upcoming parliamentary election.

Speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Ken McCallum said MI5 had disrupted six "late-stage" plots even during coronavirus lockdowns over the past 18 months.

The flight marked an important step in the Taliban's efforts to create a functioning state after they seized power last month

Earlier, the Taliban bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan was in US dollar, and the Afghan currency was powerful.

Kabul on Thursday saw the departure of its first international commercial flight since last month's chaotic Western airlift, but hopes for a return to order were offset by U.N. reports of rising restrictions on women and a looming humanitarian disaster.

A second defendant has been convicted of sabotaging railroad tracks near the U.S.Canada border in Washington state just before a train carrying crude oil was due to pass through apparently part of a campaign to protest construction of a pipeline across B...

Argentina's main farm associations said on Thursday that they plan collective action to protest against the extension of government limits on beef exports, although the timeframe and scope of the actions were still under discussion.

The Nigerian army said Thursday that its troops have arrested a highprofile member of the Boko Haram extremist group in northern Borno State, where the rebels' 12year insurgency is concentrated.

A senior State Department official said all countries were broadly on the same page on dealing with the Taliban caretaker government -- including Pakistan, historically the insurgents' ally.

A New Mexico police officer who adopted a child from a pregnant woman he found using heroin in what has been held up as an alternative to abortion is pictured in uniform on an antiabortion billboard without his permission, his superiors say.