Prevent UN General Assembly from being super-spreader event: US
Won’t take any more refugees from Afghanistan: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
Israel says it bombed 4 Hamas weapons sites in Gaza after violent border clashes
Greatest foreign policy humiliation: Trump on US exit from Afghanistan
G7 leaders to discuss crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday: UK PM Boris Johnson
Prevent UN General Assembly from being super-spreader event: US
In order to prevent the UN General Assembly from becoming a “super-spreader event” for COVID-19, the US has urged world leaders to deliver their statements by video instead of travelling to New York. The US also requested delegations attending UNGA in-person to bring a minimum number of travellers necessary.
Won’t take any more refugees from Afghanistan: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
“I am clearly against voluntarily accepting more people…That won’t happen on my watch,” Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. He opposed taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power. He said that Austria has already accepted 40,000 Afghans in the past.
Israel says it bombed 4 Hamas weapons sites in Gaza after violent border clashes
After violent clashes took place between Israeli border troops and Palestinian protesters, Israel Defence Forces said four Hamas weapons and manufacturing units were bombed by fighter jets. A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was critically injured after being shot in the head as Israeli troops fired at Palestinian protesters.
Greatest foreign policy humiliation: Trump on US exit from Afghanistan
United States ex-President Donald Trump called it “the greatest foreign policy humiliation” in the country’s history. “This is not a withdrawal. This was a total…surrender.”
G7 leaders to discuss crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday: UK PM Boris Johnson
British PM Boris Johnson said, “It’s vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people to secure…gains of the last 20 years.” UK currently holds the rotating leadership of G7.
