Kabul, August 17 (RHC)-- More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouched and crammed against each other on the floor of a United States military plane as it left Kabul after the city was seized by the Taliban.... More

Berlin, August 17 (RHC)-- Germany must urgently evacuate up to 10,000 people from Afghanistan for whom it has responsibility, Chancellor Angela Merkel told party colleagues, warning that the fallout from the conflict will last for a very long time.... More

Georgetown, August 17 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, ratified in an exclusive interview with the international channel teleSUR, his support to the people and governments of Cuba and Venezuela in view of the constant use of the Organization of American States (OAS) as a weapon for the destabilization of countries in the region.... More

Washington, August 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. is being accused of valuing the lives of its military dogs more than those of Afghan civilians, after soldiers were seen evacuating their animals while those desperate to escape the Taliban clung on to departing planes.... More

Caracas, August 16 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros expressed this Monday that the peace negotiation between the Government and the unitary platform of the opposition is off to a successful start, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.  The memorandum includes a commitment by representatives of the opposition to renounce violence.... More

Karachi, August 16 (RHC)-- In Pakistan, at least 12 people — including four children — are dead after a grenade attack Saturday night in Karachi.  At least eight others were wounded. ... More

Lagos, August 16 (RHC)-- In southern Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $111 million to Ogoni communities whose land was ravaged by oil spills over a half-century ago. Shell’s payment caps decades of legal wrangling in a case that was first brought in 1991 — over a pipeline that ruptured in 1970. ... More