Kabul (AFP) – A female news anchor with Afghan television has released a video saying she was refused access to her workplace as a result of the Taliban’s takeover of the country. Shabnam Dawran, a prominent anchor with the state channel RTA Pushto, says she went to her office and was told to return home, despite public assurances by the Taliban that women would be allowed to work under their rule.
Tatvan (Turkey) (AFP) – Underwear, an empty bottle and footprints betray signs of migrants sneaking around a new wall along the Turkey-Iran border and stirring worries in Europe following the Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan. The Afghans who make it this far spend days hiding from law enforcement and nights devising ways to get to big cities such as Izmir and Istanbul before finding smugglers to take them to Europe.
Brazzaville (AFP) – The risk of spread of the lethal Marburg disease, detected in Guinea, is ‘high’ according to Dr Matshidiso Moeti. West Africa’s first recorded case of the virus — which belongs to the same filovirus family as Ebola but is somewhat less deadly — was confirmed on August 9. The virus, which is carried by bats and has a historic fatality rate of up to 88 percent, was found in samples taken from a patient who died on August 2 in Guinea’s southern Gueckedou prefecture.
Herat (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Days after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Afghan Shiites commemorate the holy day of Ashura, with the Taliban sending representatives to ceremonies. Ashura is one of the most important periods of the year for Shiite Muslims – considered heretics by many hardline Sunnis, such as the Taliban. There are around three million Shiites in overwhelmingly Sunni Afghanistan and the majority belong to the Hazara ethnic group.
When the Taliban took control of Kabul, 2014 CNN Hero of the Year Pen Farthing said that he will not leave until his team, their families and the animals they care for are safe.
Tropical Storm Grace will move back over water, strengthening again before making a second landfall in Mexico. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers breaks down the forecast.
Tropical Storm Henri is forecast to impact New England by early next week. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers explains the tricky forecast.
Vaccine advocates take to the streets to counter misinformation. Athena Jones reports.
Former CIA Director, Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) explains why he thinks the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan will eventually fall apart.
CNN's David Chalian and Kaitlan Collins discuss President Joe Biden's interview on ABC News, and how they are surprised by his lack of both empathy and foreign policy savvy on the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Poland's PiS government is pushing US company Discovery to sell 51 percent of its stake in the independent TVN network. TVN's critical evening news program "Fakty" has the best ratings in the country.
CNN's Don Lemon takes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for falsely saying, again, that masks are ineffective to combat the Covid-19 virus.
