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Radical Islam continues to pose a first-order threat to the West, and this time it can use biological weapons to attack, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned in a lecture on the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.more

Former adviser to former US President Donald Trump, Jason Miller, said the chances of him running in the next presidential election were "somewhere between 99 and 100 percent." A similar opinion was expressed by Congressman Jim Jordan close to Trump - reports the Guardian.more

Over 80 percent US residents over the age of 16 are somewhat immune to the coronavirus. This is mainly the result of vaccinations, CNN reported, citing the results of research by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).more

The change in US foreign policy, the signal of which is the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, should induce the West to engage in talks within NATO on the security and future of military operations, writes the Financial Times, citing diplomats and experts.more

Joe Biden has announced the wholesale review and declassification of files from the investigation into the 9/11 attack, in response to intense pressure from Congress and victims’ families currently suing Saudi Arabia.more

At least nine people died on Wednesday night in New York City, and 10 in nearby New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, due to the catastrophic rainstorm caused by Hurricane Ida in the Northeast.more

At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. The conflict claimed the lives of over 160,000 people and cost over $ 2 trillion.more

Hours after the last plane carrying US forces left Kabul airport, the Taliban announced the “complete independence” of Afghanistan and promised to form a new inclusive Islamic government under its leadership.more

Rescue teams fanned out across Louisiana on Monday searching for people left stranded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, even as New Orleans emerged from its most serious onslaught since Hurricane Katrina confident that its levees had held.more

The EU has removed six countries, including the US, from a Covid “white list” of places whose tourists should be permitted entry without restrictions such as mandatory quarantine.more

Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors.more

President Joe Biden appeared to sleep in his chair during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a bizarre video circulating online.more

The United States warned of a “specific, credible threat” near Kabul airport on Sunday as its forces rush to complete evacuations from Afghanistan by an August 31 deadline and the Taliban prepare to take charge of the key airfield.more

Hurricane Ida intensified over warm Gulf of Mexico waters on Saturday, prompting tens of thousands to flee coastal areas, while President Joe Biden pledged aid to help states quickly recover once the storm has passed.more

Over three-quarters of all SARS-CoV2 infections in the United States last year were undocumented infections. The virus will still infect those who have not had contact with it, and reinfection and infections among vaccinated people cannot be ruled out, the researchers say.more

US President Joe Biden looked completely lost when he tried to answer the last question at the press conference after the attack in Kabul, which raises doubts about his state of health, assesses the British Daily Mail today.more

The attack in Kabul, and more broadly: the entire withdrawal from Afghanistan, will inevitably raise further questions, not only in the US, about whether President Joe Biden is suitable for this position - the British "The Times" writes in an editorial comment.more

Whether it's reputation or the issue of the migration crisis, European leaders will face enormous costs in responding poorly to the chaos in Afghanistan, which will outweigh the US problems, the Bloomberg agency said.more

The U.S. and British media report that the U.S. intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus does not provide definitive conclusions and does not explain whether the virus passed to humans from animals, or whether it came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic broke out.more

The Delta coronovirus variant is increasingly breaking immunity in vaccinated people, and in Los Angeles, every fourth infected person was fully vaccinated, reports the CDC in Atlanta. However, nearly three-quarters of COVID-19 patients were not vaccinated at all.more

The Taliban who took control of Afghanistan took over some of the US armaments donated to the armed forces of the overthrown pro-Western government by the Taliban. This includes thousands of Humvee armored vehicles and a large number of personal weapons, but planes, helicopters, drones and night vision devices have also fallen into the hands of the Taliban.more

At a virtual G7 meeting, European countries wanted to persuade the US president to postpone the evacuation date for foreigners and endangered Afghans beyond August 31. President Joe Biden has not changed the date on which US troops left Afghanistan.more

The US President's medical advisor, Dr.Anthony Fauci, has said in several television interviews that if the vast majority of Americans who have not yet vaccinated are vaccinated, the coronavirus pandemic will be under control in that country by spring 2022.more

U.S. President Joe Biden called on private companies to mandate Covid-19 vaccination for their employees after the government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approved Pfizer's vaccine.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will personally ask US President Joe Biden during the virtual summit of G7 leaders to extend the time limit for US troops to remain at Kabul airport beyond August 31, British media reported today.more