When US Vice President Kamala Harris’ flight from Singapore to Hanoi was delayed last month due to the sickness of two American officials in the Vietnamese capital, the phrase ‘Havana Syndrome’ once again entered the headlines. Named after it was first noticed in Havana in 2016, the term refers to …
Read More »Trump aide & Gettr CEO briefly ‘detained’ in Brazil amid claims of Bolsonaro hatching ‘insurrection’ plot ahead of elections
Miller and several other Americans were in Brazil for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that took place over the weekend, and met with Bolsonaro. On Tuesday morning, they were stopped by police at the Brasilia airport and prevented from leaving the country. According to Brazilian media, the delegation was …
Read More »Afghan resistance rejects Taliban claims of gaining ‘full control’ of Panjshir province
Earlier on Monday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed on Twitter that the group had conquered the last remaining pockets of resistance in Panjshir, defeating most of its rivals and forcing others to flee. However, the claim was swiftly rejected as “false” by its opponents from the National Resistance Front in …
Read More »‘War has ended’ in Afghanistan, Taliban says, despite resistance’s claims that Panjshir Valley is still not lost
The announcement was made during Mujahid’s press conference, which was held in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday. With the conflict coming to an end, the Taliban was hoping to have “a stable Afghanistan,” the spokesman said, according to local outlet TOLONews. An Islamic and accountable government would be …
Read More »Taliban gained ‘full control’ of Panjshir province, spokesman claims
Taliban fighters have conquered the last remaining pockets of resistance in Panjshir, defeating most of their rivals and forcing others to flee, Mujahid announced on Monday morning. The claim was hard to verify, as the group has often overestimated its gains in the past. Videos have been uploaded online showing …
Read More »Candace Owens claims she was refused Covid-19 testing over politics, shows email telling her to get ‘back alley’ service
Owens wrote in tweets this week that she had been refused a Covid-19 test by Aspen Laboratories in Aspen, Colorado, “because they don’t like my politics.” The conservative author and pundit would later take to Instagram to recount her experience, posting alleged screenshots of emails exchanged between herself and the …
Read More »Joe Rogan reveals he contracted Covid-19, lists medicines he claims made him ‘feel great’ in 3 days
Rogan announced on Wednesday the cancellation of an upcoming comedy show and explained in an Instagram video his recent experience with Covid-19. After feeling “very weary,” Rogan said he was isolated from his family and later got a Covid test, which came up positive. “So we immediately threw the kitchen …
Read More »UK rubbishes claims Kabul airport gate was kept open to allow British evacuation to continue before deadly suicide bombing
Speaking to British broadcasters, the BBC and Sky News, on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK evacuation effort had taken mitigating action prior to the terrorist attack on Thursday. He stated that the UK had warned people to stay away from Kabul airport amid credible intelligence of …
Read More »Islamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Kabul airport, as White House says evacuation continues unhindered
Kabul’s international airport came under rocket attack on Monday morning, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) claiming responsibility for it later in the day. The terrorist group said it launched six unguided rockets at the airport, without elaborating whether it actually scored any hits. According to media reports citing US …
Read More »Taliban claims at least 28 of its members killed in Kabul blasts, vows to step up security but no deadline extension
“We have lost more people than the Americans,” an unnamed Taliban official told the outlet on Friday, after a pair of blasts killed dozens of Afghans and 13 American soldiers the day prior. He added that in light of the deadly attack, additional guard posts would be set up not …
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