Новости за 22.08.2021

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is to close the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice on Monday, Egyptian security sources said.

By Ali Kucukgocmen VAN, Turkey (Reuters) - Afghans who manage to make the weeks-long journey through Iran on foot to the Turkish border face a three-metre high wall, ditches or barbed wire as Turkish

(Reuters) - Britain's BMX racing Olympic champion Bethany Shriever won the world championship title on Sunday with a superb performance in Papendal in the Netherlands, after a three-rider crash ended

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday signed a decree imposing sanctions on Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian lawmaker accused by the United States of being a Russian agent

Joe Biden is set to speak publicly on the ongoing evacuation operations in Afghanistan as thousands are still seeking to leave the country. According to a schedule released by the White House, Biden will deliver updates on the nation on the situation on Sunday after he meets with national security officials.

The State Department was hit with a cyber attack amid rising tensions in Kabul. According to reports on Saturday, there were notices of a potentially serious breach at the agency recently issued by the Department of Defense Cyber Command.

According to a recent poll, a significant majority of Democrats support government censorship. In Pew Research's recent censorship poll, 65 percent of Democrats reported they wanted the government to censor allegedly misleading information online.

A man has reportedly fallen to his death at the New York Mets' home stadium during a Dead & Company concert. According to the New York Police Department on Friday, the 46-year-old man died after falling from a second-floor staircase at Citi Field in Queens.

A 2010 letter written by Osama bin Laden commanded al Qaeda to specifically not target Joe Biden because his presidency would be a disaster for America. The letter was discovered at Bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan after he was killed by U.S. forces in a 2011 raid.

More than a dozen people have died and dozens more missing after severe flooding hits middle Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency on Sunday, 17 inches of rain fell within a six-hour period on Saturday morning.

Top U.S. officials said they were doing everything possible to get as many Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan amid a panicked rush on the airport in Kabul. As many as 20,000 people were reported to be in and around the airport in attempt to evacuate the city.

(Reuters) - Sweden's Anna Nordqvist captured the women's British Open title with a one-shot win at Carnoustie on Sunday for her third major triumph after holding her nerve to beat Denmark's Nanna

KABUL (Reuters) - A week after the Taliban's lightning seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get by with their jobs gone, banks still

By Elena Rodriguez and Marco Trujillo BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - As she started a new life in Spain after escaping the chaos of Kabul, Nilofar Bayat said on Sunday she could not live under the Taliban,

TUNIS (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia pledged on Sunday to provide assistance to Tunisia, which is suffering a political, economic and health crisis, the Tunisian presidency said on Sunday, the latest sign of

LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change activists climbed the outside of the headquarters of the City of London's government on Sunday as they began two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday that vessels carrying Iranian fuel will be heading to Lebanon soon followed by others to ease fuel

(Reuters) - Walt Disney said in a court filing on Friday that it has garnered $125 million in online revenue from the Marvel superhero film "Black Widow", three weeks after getting sued by its star

By James Mackenzie (Reuters) - Ahmad Massoud, leader of Afghanistan's last major outpost of anti-Taliban resistance, said on Sunday he hoped to hold peaceful talks with the Islamist movement that

By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) -Need proof that moviegoing is far from returning to normal? Look no further than this weekend's domestic box office charts.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has prepared to potentially extend the deadline of the final withdrawal from Afghanistan. Speaking with ABC on Sunday, Austin said the Biden administration would update the withdrawal date if the facts on the ground necessitated a longer stay.

ALTO DE VELEFIQUE, Spain (Reuters) - Italian rider Damiano Caruso won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday after a tremendous solo display in the mountains of Andalusia, while reigning champion

The Biden administration has enlisted the help of commercial airlines in the ongoing efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin enacted the first stage of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet on Sunday by formally requesting 18 planes from six airlines including American, Delta and United.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. was focused on the threat of an ISIS attack on Afghanistan. In an interview on Sunday, Sullivan said he couldn't give a precise number of Americans remaining in Afghanistan, but said it was believed to be several thousand.

DUBAI (Reuters) -The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban,