Emirates airline extends suspension of flights from South Asia.
Says UAE nationals, Golden Visa holders and members of diplomatic missions are exempt from ban.
Suspension extended under directives of UAE government.
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US President Joe Biden assures President Ashraf Ghani of US diplomatic and humanitarian support.
In a phone call, Biden and Ghani agree Taliban’s current offensive is in direct contradiction to claim to support a negotiated settlement of conflict, says White House statement.
Biden tells Ghani US will remain engaged diplomatically “in support of a durable and just political settlement,” says White House.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to raise human rights issues in upcoming trip to India.
Dean Thompson, a senior State Department official, says US has shared values with India on the matter of human rights, however.
“We will continue that conversation, because we firmly believe that we have more values in common on those fronts than we don’t,” says Thompson.
An India-based client of NSO Group tried to hack phones of over 25 Kashmiri leaders, including late Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti says surveillance, as a concept for Kashmiris, is not new
Israeli firm denies records accessed by Pegasus Project have anything to do with surveillance.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said by this weekend, 80 million doses in total will have shipped from the United States to other countries.
Biden also approved on the release of $200m in services and articles from the inventories of US government agencies to meet the same needs, the White House said.
This week, US Gen. Mark Milley, told a Pentagon press conference that the Taliban have “strategic momentum,” and he did not rule out a complete Taliban takeover.
UAE Expo organisers say they are hoping for up to 25 million total physical visits between October and March 2022.