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Pentagon: Blast outside Kabul airport, no word on casualties 26 Aug 2021 - 05:18 pm
File Photo: Australian citizens and visa holders queue up to board the Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, as Australian Army infantry personnel provide security, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 22
A Ferris wheel lifts spirits in New York's Times Square 26 Aug 2021 - 02:59 pm
A view shows the Times Square Wheel, a Ferris wheel constructed in Times Square, ahead of its opening in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State threat 26 Aug 2021 - 02:50 pm
Crowds of people wait outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2021 in this picture obtained from social media. Twitter/DAVID_MARTINON via REUTERS
EU worried at Lebanon's fast deterioration, says time has run out 26 Aug 2021 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Traffic jam caused by cars lining up for fuel in Damour, Lebanon. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Brazil's Eurofarma to make Pfizer COVID-19 shots in Latin America 26 Aug 2021 - 02:40 pm
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EU says COVID boosters may have higher legal risks without EMA approval 26 Aug 2021 - 02:28 pm
A medical worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech
Beirut blast judge issues subpoena for PM Diab after no-show 26 Aug 2021 - 02:28 pm
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Latest Paris attraction drives tourists into the Seine 26 Aug 2021 - 01:24 pm
An amphibious bus named Marcel le Canard (Marcel The Duck) sails down the Seine river during a tour around Paris, in Sevres near Paris, France, August 25, 2021. Picture taken August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Japan suspends 1.6 mln doses of Moderna shot days after contamination reports 26 Aug 2021 - 01:20 pm
A man receives the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan June 25, 2021. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Spanish rescuers pull body from collapsed building, one still missing 26 Aug 2021 - 01:08 pm
Firefighters work among the debris of a collapsed building in the town of Peniscola, Spain, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Manez NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Pemex CEO says platform fire could have been caused by gas leak 26 Aug 2021 - 12:04 am
Pemex Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero gestures in a news conference after Sunday's fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico, at the headquarters of state-owned oil giant in Mexico City, Mexico, August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard Gar
Brazil to give COVID-19 booster shots to elderly and vulnerable 26 Aug 2021 - 12:00 am
FILE PHOTO: A nurse gives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a student at Butanta Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo
COVID-19 hospitalisations fall in Russia's lone vaccine stronghold 25 Aug 2021 - 11:56 pm
A view shows a street in central Belgorod, Russia August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Polina Nikolskaya
US data show rising 'breakthrough' infections among fully vaccinated 25 Aug 2021 - 11:41 pm
People walk past a sign for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
US plans COVID-19 booster shots at six months instead of eight - WSJ 25 Aug 2021 - 11:36 pm
A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
China criticises US 'scapegoating' as COVID origin report to be released 25 Aug 2021 - 10:04 pm
Fu Cong, the director-general of the arms control department of Chinese foreign ministry, speaks at a news conference on COVID-19 origin-tracking related issues, in Beijing, China August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Pakistan sees surging infections, deaths 25 Aug 2021 - 09:32 pm
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Algeria to allow more international flights in further easing of restrictions 25 Aug 2021 - 09:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an empty street in Algiers, Algeria March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/file photo