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Venezuelan opposition leader Freddy Guevara was released from prison on Sunday, a month after his arrest and days after the start of talks in Mexico City between the opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Intelligence agents pulled Guevara from his car on a Caracas highway on July 12. Officials later said he was linked to a bout of gang violence in the capital. The United States condemned his arrest, and his father and doctor last week said his health could be at risk. Guevara told reporters on Sunday he had been in isolation until several days ago and…

With President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country and US troops on their way out, Taliban fighters entered capital Kabul, seized control of the presidential palace and declared that the war in Afghanistan was over after 20 years. The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan was over after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Islamist militants entered the city, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed, while hundreds of Afghans desperate to leave flooded Kabul…

Sydney L Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday, residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew and a further two weeks of lockdown amid a surge in infections. Sydney, which is in its eighth week of lockdown, is the epicentre of Australia’s third Covid-19 wave that threatens to push the country’s 1.5 trillion economy into its second recession in as many years. New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said seven people in Sydney had died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing the state’s previous record daily toll from earlier…

Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will offer his resignation to the king Monday, a minister said, potentially spelling an end to his 17-month-old government and plunging the country into fresh turmoil. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has faced mounting pressure to step aside after losing his parliamentary majority, and over his administration’s handling of a worsening coronavirus outbreak.

Afghan: Kabul-Delhi Air India flight (AI-244) — which landed in the war-torn country on Sunday to evacuate stranded Indians — landed in Delhi around 7.45pm. The flight left Kabul with around 129 passengers. According to reports, the aircraft apparently hovered for an hour before it could get the clearance to land. An Emirate flight, too, was hovering at 28,000 feet, awaiting clearance to land. Sources mentioned that there was an aircraft disabled on the runway, which caused the delay in landing. IT

Ukrainian :  The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, who was a member of a pro-Russian opposition political party, was found dead in his house with a gunshot wound on Sunday. It was unclear whether Konstantin Pavlov’s death was a murder or suicide. The National Police of Ukraine said it was establishing the circumstances of the death and had opened a criminal case. Pavlov, 48, is a member of the Opposition Platform – For Life party. He was elected mayor of Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine which is also the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky,…

Kabul :  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed, as the Taliban entered the presidential palace in Kabul. Ghani left in order to avoid clashes with the Taliban that would endanger millions of Kabul residents, he said in a Facebook post – his first comments since leaving the country.

Bahrain : Chief Executive Officer of the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA), Dr. Jawaher Shaheen Al-Mudhahki, today received the Chief Executive Officer of the National Communication Centre (NCC), Yousif Al-Binkhalil. Dr. Al-Mudhahki stressed the importance of unifying and managing media efforts according to a comprehensive and clear vision so that they cover the government’s achievements and projects, as well as improve the level of communication and interaction between government departments and various media outlets, on the one hand, and the public, on the other. She highlighted the importance BQA attaches to various media outlets and means of communication with…

Bahrain :  Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) First Deputy Chairman, Head of the General Sports Authority (GSA) and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) President His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa issued directives  to disburse cash bonuses to the players of Al Ahly Club which ranked third in the GCC Basketball Club Championship in Dubai, the UAE, last June. HH Shaikh Khalid’s directives appreciated the players’ honourable performance in the championship, which reflected the development of the sport of Basketball in the Kingdom of Bahrain. GSA Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdulrahman Sadiq Askar extended deepest thanks to HH…

Bahrain :  The National Medical Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) today announced the decision to move to the Orange Alert Level during the Ashura holiday, which falls on 18-19 August 2021. The decision was made in line with the previous announcement that some dates may be designated at higher alert levels if deemed necessary to protect public health. The Yellow Alert Level will be re-adopted on Friday, 20 August 2021, and will remain the lowest Alert Level able to be reached until at least 80% of individuals aged 40 who are eligible for a booster shot have received the…