Afghanistan
Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S.
The Trump administration signed a proclamation Wednesday suspending travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Citing national security interests, the proclamation states that the identified countries lack sufficient vetting and screening processes needed to detect foreign nationals who may […]
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The world’s most powerful passport has a clear winner this year — in 2024 it was a six-way tie
Singapore has the world’s most powerful passport, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index. The nation-state was one of six countries which tied for the top spot in 2024 in the list produced by the migration consultancy Henley & Partners, which ranks passports by the number of destinations that holders can access without needing a […]
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Water shortages are likely brewing future wars — with several flashpoints across the globe
A ship stranded in the growing salt flats of Lake Urmia in Iran. Hamed | Afp | Getty Images The diminishing availability of water resources across the globe should be considered one of the most pressing environmental security challenges of the century. That’s the view of one military geography and environmental security specialist, who recently […]
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Trump aide ‘pushed’ Arlington cemetery employee who tried to enforce rules, Army says
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump lays a wreath alongside Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart (Ret.) and and U.S. Marine Corps. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews (Ret.) who were injured at the Abbey Gate Bombing, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, […]
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Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 84 people
Remainings of houses damaged by the flood are pictured in Firozkoh the capital city of Ghor Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer Stringer | Reuters More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country’s north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead […]
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Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan
Remainings of houses damaged by the flood are pictured in Firozkoh the capital city of Ghor Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer Stringer | Reuters Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. Afghanistan has been […]
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Natural disasters triggered an approximated $65 billion in losses last yr for Asia-Pacific
Financial losses in the Asia Pacific region soared to $65 billion owing to purely natural disasters, predominantly fueled by floods in China and droughts in India, as reported by coverage corporation Aon. Hadynyah | E+ | Getty Illustrations or photos Financial losses in the Asia Pacific area owing to organic disasters soared to $65 billion […]
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Crash noted as Russian charter flight with 6 individuals disappears in excess of Afghanistan
Afghan males wander alongside a route on the outskirts of Fayzabad district in Badakhshan province on December 17, 2023. (Picture by OMER ABRAR / AFP) (Photograph by OMER ABRAR/AFP by using Getty Visuals) Omer Abrar | Afp | Getty Visuals Russian aviation authorities stated on Sunday a Russian-registered airplane with six individuals considered to be […]
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A further quake strikes western Afghanistan official says a lot more properties destroyed
HERAT, AFGHANISTAN – October 9: A helicopter is viewed in the course of funeral ceremony of earthquake victims as the lookup procedure for the bodies and people who remained underneath the rubble continues at Blackwater village in Zendeh Jan district in Herat, Afghanistan on Oct 9, 2023. Powerful earthquakes of magnitude 6.3, 5.5, 4.7, 6.3, […]
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Afghanistan earthquakes get rid of 2,053, Taliban claims, as dying toll spikes
Potent earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed extra than 2,000 people today and injured extra than 9,000, the Taliban administration reported on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors in a long time in the quake-susceptible mountainous country. Amid the confusion, the demise toll from Saturday’s quakes spiked from 500 reported on Sunday early morning by a Purple […]
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