Canada would consider taking in additional Afghan refugees on behalf of the United States or other allies if asked to do so, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday.

Canada would consider accepting Afghan refugees on behalf of US allies - Minister

Mexico said Friday that a court in the United States had agreed to hear its lawsuit against major gunmakers over cross-border firearms trafficking that it blames for fueling drug-related violence.

Mexico says US court agrees to hear suit against gunmakers

The US military in Afghanistan sent helicopters to rescue over 150 Americans unable to reach the Kabul airport gates, an official said Friday, in the first evidence that US forces were willing and able to go beyond the US-secured compound to help people seeking evacuation.

US flies to rescue of Americans trying to escape Kabul

A swath of the US east coast, including New York City, was under alert Friday due to approaching storm Henri, which is expected to become the first hurricane to hit the New England area in decades.

Powerful storm threatens US east coast

Iran's ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday his government will prioritise tackling Covid and accelerating vaccinations ahead of an economic revival, as he defended his cabinet choices before parliament.

Iran's Raisi says tackling COVID-19, reviving economy priorities

Sri Lanka announced a nationwide lockdown Friday, bowing to intense pressure from medical experts as coronavirus infections overwhelmed hospitals, morgues and crematoriums.

Sri Lanka locks down as COVID-19 deaths surge, hospitals overflow

A council member of a professional group of solicitors in Hong Kong on Saturday dropped his bid to seek re-election next week, citing fears for his safety and that of his family.

Candidate pulls out of Hong Kong lawyers' group election over safety fears

The mayor of Orlando city in Florida has asked the residents to cut back their water consumption so that liquid oxygen, which is used to treat the water supplies, can be diverted to hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Orlando mayor asks residents to limit water use amid Delta fuelled COVID surge

A woman has been found clinging to an upturned inflatable dinghy, about 138 miles off the Canary Islands. She is the only survivor of a migrant tragedy feared to have claimed 52 lives.

Spain: Sole survivor rescued in dinghy in Atlantic

Morocco wants to keep open a pipeline supplying Algerian gas via the kingdom to consumers in Europe, a senior official has said, despite a downturn in relations between the North African rivals.

Morocco says keen to keep Algeria-Spain gas pipeline open

A new report reveals that deforestation in the Amazon forest has hit the highest annual level in a decade. Between August 2020 and July 2021, the rainforest lost 10.

Deforestation in Amazon forest hits the highest annual level in a decade

A total of 7,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the start of evacuation operations on August 14 and over 5,200 US troops are in Kabul, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

7,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14: Pentagon

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