The Taliban have seized the city of Jalalabad, cutting off Afghanistan's increasingly isolated capital Kabul to the east as the insurgents' blitz across the country continued as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw from the country after two decades of war.
Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency said the quake struck eight kilometres from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
Iran says it will impose a six-day "general lockdown" in cities across the country after being hit by what it describes as its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, state media reported Saturday.
The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials say.
