Dozens remained missing after floods swept through a city in Nuristan, an isolated province in Afghanistan's east, killing at least 23 people.
NYTimes – World National disaster agency confirms ‘severe financial and human losses’ in remote province of Nuristan At least 20 people have been killed and more than 80 injured in flooding that hit Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, the country’s disaster management agency said on Monday. In Parun, the provincial capital, a further 105 people including the mayor were missing, said Feraidon Samim, a spokesperson for the Nuristan gove…
NYTimes – World National disaster agency confirms ‘severe financial and human losses’ in remote province of Nuristan At least 20 people have been killed and more than 80 injured in flooding that hit Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, the country’s disaster management agency said on Monday. In Parun, the provincial capital, a further 105 people including the mayor were missing, said Feraidon Samim, a spokesperson for the Nuristan gove…
BBC News – World Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported from the United States to the United Kingdom after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Orleans. ICE said he was an "illegal alien" who had overstayed his visa after entering legally in May 2019. Yiannopoulos, a former Breitbart editor and early Trump supporter who had backed mass deportations, arrived back in the UK on 30 August 2026.
Sky News – World Iceland has voted against a government proposal to resume accession talks with the European Union. Broadcaster RUV reported that 52.8% of voters rejected the proposal in the referendum held on Saturday. The vote comes years after Iceland's earlier EU membership discussions stalled.
An estimated 237 people have been rescued but 23 are missing after accident off the coast of northern Cyprus Fatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern Cyprus Republican Turkish party MP Sami Ozuslu told the Guardian late on Sunday that the death toll had risen. “Sadly we are now hearing that there are nine or ten dead,” he said. The families of passengers were converging on hospitals in Nicosi…
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