The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the continued attacks targeting civilians in Afghanistan, including the attack against the Guzargah mosque in Herat on Friday which killed at least 18 people and injured several more.

According to a statement published on Saturday, the members of the Security Council reaffirmed...

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The U.K. will begin its autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks after authorizing booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna that have been modified to target both the original virus and the widely circulating omicron variant.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said Saturday that it had approved the Pfizer...

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Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has called on the West to reduce pressure on the IEA and instead cooperate with it.

&We call on America, Europe and others to reduce their pressure on the Islamic Emirate and start opening a new chapter of cooperation and relations with this new government,&...

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The United Nations said this week that more than 421,000 Afghan refugees live in the worst flood-affected districts in Pakistan.

Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,265 people in Pakistan.

Around 33 million people have been affected by the floods...

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NASA called off the second attempt to launch an ambitious test flight of its new moon rocket on Saturday, this time because of a leak that delayed fueling.

The space agency hoped to launch its Artemis 1 moon mission atop a towering Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket on Saturday, but a hydrogen fuel leak detected about seven hours before liftoff...

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Former US President Donald Trump took aim at his successor Saturday, calling Joe Biden an &enemy of the state.&

&The most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president,& Trump said at a rally in the state of Pennsylvania, Anadolu Agency reported.

&He&s an enemy of the state, if you...

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