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SANAA, Aug. 16 (YPA) - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session later on Monday to discuss the developments in Afghanistan after the Taliban entered the capital, Kabul. An open meeting followed by closed consultations was…

SANAA, Aug. 16 (YPA) - Former US President Donald Trump, in a statement Sunday evening, called on President Joe Biden to resign, after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan Sunday. "It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what…

KABUL, Aug. 16 (YPA) - A number of people have been killed after US forces opened fire at Kabul airport on Monday morning, Novosti news agency reported. According to local media, these people may have been killed as a result of being…

SANAA, Aug. 16 (YPA) - The death toll from the earthquake that struck southwest Haiti yesterday, with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, has risen to 1,297. The Associated Press quoted the country's Civil Protection Agency as…

SANAA, Aug. 16 (YPA) - The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in Turkey's Black Sea region has risen to 62, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said on Sunday. According to Xinhua, floods caused by heavy…

JENIN, Aug. 16 (YPA) - Four Palestinian youths were  killed on Monday by Israeli army gunfire during a raid into the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, medical and local sources confirmed. Sources at Jenin hospital  said…

KABUL, Aug. 16 (YPA) - Hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, Taliban leaders held a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, al-Jazeera footage showed. A senior Taliban official said on Sunday that the…

BERUIT, Aug, 16 (YPA) - Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah conformed  that incident in Akkar should be a decisive element for those concerned with forming the government as the country could no more tolerate (delays). Addressing…

ADDIS ABEBA, Aug. 16 (YPA) - The Benishangul Gumuz region in Western Ethiopia said, in a statement issued on Saturday that more than 170 "anti-peace elements" who entered the country from Sudan had been killed.  It added the militants…

SANAA, Aug. 15 (YPA) - The death toll from Yesterday's earthquake in southwestern Haiti, measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, has risen to 724. "The earthquake killed 724 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in addition to…