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Pan-Islamic group says it will seek to help achieve peace in Afghanistan
DUBAI (Reuters) - The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged on Sunday to help achieve peace in Afghanistan and said its future leaders must guard against allowing the country to ...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Bandits in northwest Nigeria release 15 students after parents raise ransom
BAUCHI/KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, officials told Reuters on Sunday. School administrator Revere...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021

Mask mandate continues in Morton schools
MORTON, Ill. – Morton Dist. 709 Superintendent Jeff Hill is reminding parents and families that a mask mandate will remain in place for students and staff in schools. Hill, in a weekly update, s...
Ed Hammond Aug 22, 2021
Afghan women students see no future in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
By Alexander Cornwell DOHA (Reuters) - A group of Afghan women too young to recall the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule are experiencing the same trauma once recounted by relatives after the group retook cont...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Afghanistan’s Massoud refuses to surrender to Taliban and warns of war – al-Arabiya
DUBAI (Reuters) - The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Russia plans one-off payments to military, retired ahead of election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said his government will make one-off payments to pensioners and military personnel this year to help them cope with a sharper-than-expected rise in...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Britain calls G7 meeting on Tuesday to discuss Afghan crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had called a G7 leaders' meeting on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan and urged the international community to find ways to p...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Israel cabinet approves Gardos as new budget czar
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved Yoav Gardos as the country's budget director after he had been serving as interim budget czar for the past year, the finance ministry said. Ga...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Biden administration to use commercial airlines to carry Afghan evacuees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Sunday that commercial aircraft would be used to help ferry people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan. A Pentagon spokesm...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Dutch send more soldiers to Afghanistan to help with evacuations
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will increase its military presence in Afghanistan to help with efforts to evacuate people from the country, the Dutch defence ministry said on Sunday. An unspeci...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
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