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20 years after invasion, it begins where it ended in Afghanistan
Almost everything US did after 2002 in Afghanistan was a mistake, say experts
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Shooting suspect in custody after fight at Texas school injures four
Suspect, who fled the Timberview High School in Arlington, after the shooting, was taken into custody
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‘Massive breakthrough’: WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children
WHO says it was 'recommending the broad use of the world's first malaria vaccine'
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Covid plays spoiler to mosque tour for non-Muslims in India
As part of initiative to foster understanding, Muslim groups invite non-Muslims to mosques for raising awareness
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US sells two former aircraft carriers to shipbreaker for 1 cent each
Contract values reflect contracted company will benefit from subsequent sale of scrap steel and iron, says navy spox
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Stranded at Tajik sanatorium, pregnant Afghan pilot fears for unborn baby
29-year-old pilot says she can't even get an ultrasound or visit a hospital
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Germany’s Benjamin List, American David MacMillan win Nobel Prize in chemistry
List and MacMillan, both 53, will share the 10-million-kronor ($1.1-million, one-million-euro) prize
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Hundreds throng passport office in Kabul
Taliban say the service will resume from Saturday after being suspended since the takeover
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Indonesia conducts test flight using jet fuel mixed with palm oil
Indonesia currently has a mandatory biodiesel programme with 30% palm oil content known as B30
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From insurgency to city beat: Taliban police learn the ropes
The old police force, created by the international powers that drove out the Taliban in 2001, no longer exists
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Biden says he and China's Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement
The United States urged China on Sunday to stop its military activities near Taiwan
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French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950: report
Pope Francis expresses gratitude towards victims for having the courage to come forward
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British PM's envoy meets Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
Afghan humanitarian crisis and ways to prevent country from becoming an incubator for militants come under discussion
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Whistleblower says Facebook pushed for higher profits, cavalier over safety
Frances Haugen says the social media giant keeps its algorithms and operations a secret
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Baseless Indian propaganda only reflects their frustration: Gen Qamar
Indian army’s malicious propaganda is a bid to divert attention from gross human rights violations in IIOJK, says COAS
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Afghanistan to start issuing passports again after months of delays
The acting head of the passport office, said between 5,000 and 6,000 passports would be issued each day
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Delayed recovery greatest risk to pandemic-hit Indian economy: poll
Economists in a Reuters poll expect elevated inflation to hold or accelerate, not fall
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Extreme heat threatening cities: study
The researchers then compared weather data with statistics on the cities' population over the same 33-year period
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Invisibility cloak and quantum physics tipped for Nobel Prize
The prestigious honour, to be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT) in Stockholm
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'We won't eat tonight': hunger plagues Afghans in historic valley
Taliban takeover has worsened the economic hardship of the community that lives in the mountainside caves of Bamiyan
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Zuckerberg loses over $6b amid global outage of Facebook, WhatsApp
Social media giant saw its stock price plummet more than 5% after its services went down globally
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Feeling the way: Nobel explores our sense of touch and temperature
Biochemist David Julius used a range of natural substances to examine how sensations are transmitted to the brain
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Pakistan, China joint anti-terrorist exercise concludes
ISPR says this is the first-ever military drill conducted in Pakistan under ambit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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Pope, other religious leaders issue pre-COP26 appeal on climate change
Appeal urges all governments to adopt plans to help limit the rise in the average global temperature
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World leaders scramble to limit Pandora Papers damage
Some 35 current and ex-leaders are featured in 11.9m documents leaked from financial services companies across world
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Swedish artist who drew blasphemous sketches killed in car crash
Lars Vilks was travelling in a police vehicle which collided with a truck
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Saudi Arabia confirms first round of talks with new Iranian govt
Three rounds of Saudi-Iranian talks were held in Iraq in the months before President Raisi took office in August
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Seven more killed in Oman following tropical storm Shaheen
Four people including a child were killed on Sunday due to the storm
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Taliban say Islamic State cell destroyed after mosque attack
Taliban spokesperson says operation was carried out in north on Kabul on Sunday
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Indian farmers to step up protests after eight killed in clashes
Small farmers say the changes make them vulnerable to competition from big business
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Poland seeks to bolster border with new tech amid migrant influx
Greece is trialing a high-tech automated surveillance system on its land border with Turkey in the northeastern region
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New Zealand drops 'Covid zero' goal after Delta outbreak
Auckland will remain in lockdown for now but the government will conduct weekly reviews
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In Iraq, big neighbour Iran faces growing backlash
Anti-Iranian anger has flared in recent years, even in what is known as Iraq's southern Shiite heartland
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Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
Scientists say the Mediterranean rim is a climate change "hot spot" with worse to come
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Crisis - what crisis? British military deployed to solve fuel crisis
Panic buying of fuel amid the shortage of truckers triggered chaotic scenes across major cities
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Facebook again asks court to dismiss lawsuit to force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
Social media giant says FTC fails to provide a ‘plausible factual basis for branding Facebook an unlawful monopolist’
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Islamabad turns to Pakistani American for Biden-Imran call
President has parted ways with the ritual of talking to prime ministers
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Facebook blames "faulty configuration change" for nearly six-hour outage
According to downdetector, the issues started at around 15:44 GMT and affecting users across the globe
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Pandora Papers exposes wealth of celebrities
Colombian singer Shakira and former cricket star Sachin Tendulkar are among affluent individuals named in the report
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Turkey to open 1,000 new markets to counter inflation
Erdogan says new markets to provide ‘suitable’ prices for consumer goods as annual inflation rises toward 20%
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Blast kills at least two civilians near Kabul mosque
Blast struck near the entrance of the Eid Gah Mosque, says spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
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Afghanistan on verge of socio-economic collapse, EU's top diplomat says
Avoiding worst-case scenario would require Taliban to comply with conditions to enable int'l aid, says Josep Borrell
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Cyclone Shaheen approaches Oman, three killed, flights delayed
Two Asian workers were killed when a hill collapsed on their housing area
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UAE official says time to manage rivalry with Iran and Turkey
UAE president adviser says there is concern about a ‘looming cold war’ between Washington and Beijing
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India matching Chinese troop build-up on disputed border: Indian army chief
General Manoj claims China is sending troops to border in 'considerable numbers'
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Symmetries in physics
The principle of symmetry has emerged as a useful tool for scientists in guessing and formulating new laws of physics
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Dubai Expo revises worker fatalities to six after including Covid-related deaths
There are limited protections in the UAE for migrant workers, blue-collar jobs workers are most vulnerable
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Ecuador police, military enter Guayaquil jail amid violence
Ecuador is suffering a wave of violence at its prisons, which house some 39,000 people
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UK PM Johnson says immigration will not solve fuel, gas, food crises
Won't go back to the old failed model of low wages, low skills supported by uncontrolled immigration, says Johnson
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Texas law sparks hundreds of US protests against abortion restrictions
Law bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy

















































