Trump blasted Biden for not ensuring a sooner evacuation of American nationals and allied Afghans and for leaving behind US military hardware, which later fell into the hands of the Taliban. The hasty withdrawal of US troops was “the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to our country,” the …
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 …
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts outside Kabul airport
In a statement claiming responsibility, IS allegedly accused the Taliban of working “in partnership” with the US military to protect and evacuate “spies” from Afghanistan. IS identified the suicide bomber that attacked Abbey Gate at the airport and left dozens wounded and dead, boasting about “penetrating”security measures in place set up outside …
Read More »‘Scapegoating China cannot whitewash the US’: Beijing blasts Washington ahead of American report into Covid-19 origins
Fu Cong, Director-General of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ arms control department, demanded on Wednesday that the US investigate its own laboratories as China and the world await the findings of the US intelligence report on the origins of the virus. Fu warned the US that blaming China would not …
Read More »‘Israeli airstrikes’ & heavy blasts reported in Gaza after border clashes with IDF troops (VIDEOS)
The first strikes hit the enclave shortly before midnight, according to witnesses and Palestinian media reports. Multiple videos circulating online show massive blasts allegedly hitting the strip on Saturday evening. Israeli media suggested that the IDF was retaliating against Hamas, blaming the group for inciting border violence earlier in the …
Read More »‘So humiliated’: Trump blasts Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as ‘terrible time’ for US
“It is a terrible time for our country. I don’t think in all of the years our country has ever been so humiliated,” the former president told Sean Hannity on his Fox News show. “I don’t know what you call it – a military defeat or a psychological defeat, there …
Read More »‘Pathetic blame-shifting’: Pompeo blasts Biden for ‘failed’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and faulting Trump for Taliban takeover
“I wouldn’t have let my 10-year-old son get away from this kind of pathetic blame-shifting,” Pompeo said on Sunday in a Fox News interview. “He should be less focused on trying to blame this on someone else than to solving the problem of making sure that we protect and defend …
Read More »China blasts ‘political tracing’ after WHO asks for more data to continue Covid-19 origins probe
In a statement on Thursday, the WHO urged member states to “cooperate to accelerate the origins studies,” insisting that “access to data is critically important for evolving our understanding of science.” The call appears to address Beijing’s refusal to release data from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), fueling speculation …
Read More »China-Canada row: Trudeau blasts China’s 11-year prison sentence for Canadian man charged with spying as ‘unacceptable’
A court in the city of Dandong, located far in China’s northeast along the border with North Korea, handed down the sentence early on Wednesday, consigning Spavor to more than a decade behind bars. The court announced the decision in a brief statement, noting that the Canadian national was previously …
Read More »Iran blasts ‘inhumane’ US on anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, calls for denuclearization of world
Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, declared on Saturday that the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, showed the world that the US “spares no inhumane efforts and acts to achieve its illegitimate and irrational objectives.” Khatibzadeh said that “the commemoration of the victims of this tragedy …
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