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The defence secretary has said it is a “total myth” that ex-Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing’s charter flight out of Kabul for his staff and animals was blocked.

Evacuation efforts have been in a race against time as countries try to get vulnerable Afghans and their own citizens out of Afghanistan as the 31 August deadline looms.

Sky’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has spent a number of days reporting on the desperation of thousands of Afghans trying to flee their country after the Taliban took control.

Joe Biden has warned those behind the attacks at Kabul’s airport on Thursday: “We will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down and make you pay.”

The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, as the country’s interim prime minister defended his government’s response.

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.

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Biden’s climate envoy is planning to push for a formal declaration during a trip to China next week, but Beijing doesn’t want to be seen as caving to Western pressure.

Twelve US servicemen were killed and 15 injured in two suicide bombing attacks in Kabul on Thursday by Islamic State militants, the head of US Central Command said. “A number of Afghan civilians were also killed and injured in the