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Commanding General US Central Command Kenneth F McKenzie, centre, tours an evacuation control center [1st Lt Mark Andries/US Marine Corps]
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Biden says US troops will stay in Kabul to get all Americans out

US president says troops will stay in Kabul to get all Americans out, even beyond the August 31 deadline for withdrawal.

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Hezbollah has said it was working to bring fuel from Iran as Lebanon struggles with crippling power and gasoline shortages [File: Aziz Taher/Reuters]

Hezbollah says Iranian fuel oil ship to sail to Lebanon in hours

Athletes participating in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics arrive at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture [STR/JIJI Press/AFP]

First COVID case reported in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic village

Mapping wildfires around the world

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An Ebola outbreak from 2013-2016 killed 11,300 people throughout West Africa, including 2,300 in Guinea [File: Luc Gnago/Reuters]

Guinea identifies 58 contacts of Ebola patient in Ivory Coast

Armed police were deployed as Andy Li and Chan Tsz-wah were brought to court [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Two Hong Kong activists convicted on security law charge

Thousands of people were injured in the August 14 earthquake and the death toll has now risen to 2,189 [Orlando Barría/EPA]

Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake

The largest campaign to date over an encryption issue at a single company was organised by the US-based Center for Democracy and Technology [File: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg]

Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse

Cousins Adnan (left) and Mehdi were detained in Nauru as teenagers after trying to get to Australia by boat [Supplied]

Two refugees to sue Australia over continued detention

Erdogan told a visiting Abiy that Ethiopia's 'peace and integrity is important to us' [Ali Balıkçı - Anadolu Agency]

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Afghanistan’s flag has been changed or modified at least 18 times over the past 100 years.

A Taliban fighter patrols in Wazir Akbar Khan in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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