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Toll from floods in western Venezuela increases to 20

Caracas [Venezuela], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people who lost their lives to floods and landslides in the western Venezuelan state of Merida has risen to 20, Jehyson Guzman, a presidential representative authorized to monitor the situation, said.

2021-08-26T07:45:34.622469+00:00 IST

Do not travel to Kabul airport: Australia to its citizens amid 'highly volatile' Afghan situation

Canberra [Australia], August 26 (ANI): After the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia has also asked its citizens to not travel to Kabul airport as the situation in Afghanistan remains "highly volatile" and there is an "ongoing and very high threat" of a terrorist attack.

2021-08-26T07:09:56.941488+00:00 IST

5.2 magnitude quake hits Honduras

Tegucigalpa [Honduras], August 26 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 9 km northeast of Pinalejo, Honduras at 21.04 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

2021-08-26T00:41:54.791638+00:00 IST

20 injured in Palestinian demonstration near Gaza-Israel borders: Medics

Gaza [Palestine], August 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Wednesday near the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel in protest against the ongoing blockade that Israel has been imposing on the coastal enclave since 2007.

2021-08-25T22:40:58.410136+00:00 IST

Denmark completes evacuation operations in Afghanistan: Defense Ministry

Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Danish air force has finished flights out of Kabul, has evacuated over 1,000 people since the Taliban took over, the Danish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

2021-08-25T21:06:30.537660+00:00 IST

UN refugee agency commends Uganda for hosting Afghan nationals

Kampala [Uganda], August 26 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday commended Uganda for allowing to host fleeing Afghan nationals.

2021-08-25T19:19:10.355905+00:00 IST

Canada airlifts over 2,700 people out of Afghanistan

Toronto [Canada], August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada has evacuated over 2,700 people out of Afghanistan, including some 1,500 in the past three days, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Wednesday.

2021-08-25T17:28:10.546593+00:00 IST

NSA Doval hosts inaugural IBSA National Security Advisers meeting

New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval hosted the inaugural meeting of the National Security Advisers of the IBSA grouping on Wednesday, as part of the preparatory process for the next IBSA Summit of Leaders scheduled for September this year.

2021-08-25T16:34:20.150172+00:00 IST

Uganda Receives 51 Evacuees From Afghanistan

Kampala [Uganda], August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the country took in 51 evacuees from Afghanistan on Wednesday.

2021-08-25T11:54:23.946522+00:00 IST

Kamala Harris meets Vietnamese President amid Chinese criticism

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25 (ANI): US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday and assured the US assistance to the country to protect its rights in the South China Sea and several other areas, a media report said.

2021-08-25T08:14:44.302981+00:00 IST

Some 400 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN refugee agency

Tripoli [Libya], August 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Some 400 illegal migrants were rescued and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday.

2021-08-25T02:08:47.848210+00:00 IST

4 killed in Coal mine blast in Colombia

Bogota [Colombia], August 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia left at least four people dead, another injured and seven miners trapped underground on Tuesday, authorities said.

2021-08-25T00:25:30.523299+00:00 IST

G7 leaders agree to help Afghans, secure Kabul airport to complete evacuation says European Commission President Ursula

Brussels [Belgium], August 25 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said that G7 leaders agreed to help the Afghan people amid the current situation in the war-torn country and the need to secure the Kabul airport as long as necessary to complete the evacuation operations.

2021-08-24T22:30:53.421805+00:00 IST

IAF's flight likely to airlift 46 Afghan Hindus, Sikhs from Kabul Airport today

New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) special flight, carrying stranded Indian nationals and 46 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, is expected to take off from Kabul Airport on Monday.

2021-08-23T07:01:16.806314+00:00 IST

10 dead, dozens injured in road crash in southern Ghana: official

Accra [Ghana], August 23 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 10 people died and dozens were injured in a road accident in southern Ghana on Sunday, an official confirmed.

2021-08-23T05:21:04.537057+00:00 IST

What are possible implications of US withdrawal from Afghanistan for Middle East countries?

Nicosia [Cyprus], August 23 (ANI): The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, followed in a matter of days by the collapse of the government in Kabul, brought memories of the humiliating US prestige fall of Saigon in 1975 and send shock waves all over the world.

2021-08-23T04:05:02.351943+00:00 IST

Fire erupts after explosion at Pemex Oil platform in Gulf of Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], August 23 (ANI/Sputnik): An explosion has caused a fire at an oil platform of the Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) state-owned oil company in the Gulf of Mexico, local media report.

2021-08-23T02:22:25.681425+00:00 IST

Death toll from earthquake in Haiti rises to 2,207

Les Cayes [Haiti], August 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people killed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14 in Haiti has risen to 2,207, with 344 still missing, the country's civil protection agency reported on Sunday.

2021-08-22T21:57:28.319948+00:00 IST

Lebanon thanks India for evacuating its citizen from Afghanistan

Beirut [Lebanon], August 22 (ANI): Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants on Sunday expressed its gratitude to India for evacuating one of its citizens from the violence-marred Afghanistan.

2021-08-22T14:57:49.452207+00:00 IST

Madagascar population facing severe humanitarian crisis due to drought: UN resident coordinator

Antananarivo [Madagascar], August 22 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the south of Madagascar in 40 years, the most senior UN official in the country has said, warning that the population is facing a severe humanitarian crisis.

2021-08-22T03:19:20.293971+00:00 IST

At least 8 dead, 3 missing after Hurricane Grace in Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], August 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least eight people were dead and three missing after Hurricane Grace hit eastern Mexico, Cuitlahuac Garcia, governor of the state of Veracruz, reported on Saturday.

2021-08-22T02:12:01.783784+00:00 IST