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"Kandahar airport was targeted by us because the enemy were using it as a center to conduct air strikes against us," a Taliban spokesperson said.

Wu was being investigated over accusations made online of "tricking young girls into having sex with him," police said in a statement.

Despite the mounting concern, large crowds were seen at various Games-related sites.

There was no immediate official reaction from Iran to the accusation that it may have been responsible.

Biden said that the Cuban government’s crackdown on protesters amounted to a “brazen violation of the rights of the Cuban people."

Hundreds of Afghans who applied for a special immigrant visa to come to the United States have been bused to an army base in Virginia where they will be staying for a week. These Afghans risked their lives to help the United States and now fear retribution from the Taliban if they stay in Afghanistan. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports.

In a New York Times interview, Martine Moïse recalled the terrifying moments that ended in her husband's assassination.

The spike raises questions over the country's zero-tolerance approach to the virus — and whether it can contain the delta variant.

Tensions have risen in the Gulf region since the U.S. reimposed sanctions on Iran in 2018 after Trump withdrew Washington from Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal.

Protesters lit fires and blocked roads to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, after the firing of a well-known anti-corruption prosecutor.

“We are going to carry out an investigation into this because it cannot be that the Indigenous peoples are once again exposed to risk,” said Indigenous leader and legislator Toribia Lero.