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Two explosions ripped through crowds, followed by a gun assault, at Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is attempting to evacuate thousands.

To discuss how evacuations in Afghanistan may be affected by Thursday’s attacks, Amna Nawaz speaks to retired Col. Mike Jason, who was a battalion commander in northern Afghanistan, now the interim executive director of Allied Airlift 21, and Lisa Curtis,

In our news wrap Thursday, a top COVID-19 model projected nearly 100,000 more deaths in the U.S. by December 1. Meanwhile, Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott imposed a ban on state or local mandates requiring vaccinations. Seven U.S. Capitol Police

A new study looks at how kids diagnosed with cancer react to a COVID-19 infection compared to the general population of youngsters. (Image credit: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

A Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan  The White House

Record numbers of COVID-19 cases are being reported across Africa as the delta variant pushes hospitals to a breaking point. ICU beds and oxygen are in desperately short supply, vaccines are increasingly scarce and according to the World Health Organization,

Mike says he was struggling with COVID-19 when he felt his breathing getting worse. He did not want to go to the Veterans Affairs hospital near his home, where he believed doctors might put him on a ventilator. And he

A regional Islamic State affiliate has operated since 2015 and is a major rival to the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Image credit: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

In the largest long-term study of COVID-19 patients yet to be published, researchers in China report in the Lancet worrying results of the disease’s lingering impact on people’s health. The scientists, led by Dr. Bin Cao from the China-Japan Friendship

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the American flag would be flown at half staff through sunset on August 30 “in honor of the victims of the senseless acts of violence in Kabul, Afghanistan.” “As a mark for