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Friday, 17 May

20:41
The US will provide over $2,000 for each refugee from Afghanistan
The Biden administration and more than 200 private agencies are rushing to establish a system for the resettlement of tens of thousands of Afghans, many of whom fled their country with little more than the clothes they were wearing, Bloomberg reports.

06:43
Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech at Stanford University: Ukraine is a country where anything is possible
During a working visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Stanford University (California) and addressed the expert community of this glorious educational institution.

00:02
Nord Stream-2, COVID-19 vaccinantion and Javelin: main theses of Zelensky and Biden's statement
The official visit of the Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States and his meeting with the U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed the strategic partnership of Ukraine and the United States.

07:00
Ukraine and the United States signed an agreement on defense and security
During the working visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States, a number of agreements on strategic defense partnership, scientific and technical cooperation, space flight security, information protection, and border security were signed, the Office of the President reports.

14:37
Prepared for ‘mass casualty’: Pentagon was aware of the preparation of the terrorist attack at Kabul airport
Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

11:05
Before meeting Biden, Zelensky will meet with the US Secretary of Defense
On Tuesday, August 31, as part of his working visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will share a meeting with the U.S.

06:58
Zelensky arrived in the United States: what's on the agenda
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenska arrived in Washington as part of the working visit of the Head of State to the United States.

00:02
Kurt Volker named what should be the main topic of the Biden-Zelensky meeting
Strengthening Ukraine's security should be the main topic of the meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with the U.S.

23:55
Zelensky’s summit with Biden is postponed to September 1
The meeting of Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden in the United States was postponed to September 1 at the request of the American side.

21:53
The US has started the process of withdrawing the troops from Kabul airport
The US military has “begun retrograding” from the Hamid Karzai International airport. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, CNN reports.

20:53
‘Another terror attack in Kabul is likely,’ national security warns Biden
After a suicide bomber killed at least 113 people in a terrorist attack outside Kabul's airport, President Joe Biden was warned that another terror attack in the city is “likely" before the evacuation mission concludes, CNBC reports.

20:31
President Biden vows retaliation for the Kabul attack that killed 13 US service members
Thirteen U.S. service members were killed and over a dozen others injured in a terrorist attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday, marking a series of deaths in the massive U.S.

22:45
Secret Kabul talks between CIA and the Taliban: details
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly met the leader of the Taliban in Kabul on Monday, BBC reports.

21:11
G7 urged the Taliban and called on to allow departures after August 31
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed a plan to deal with the Taliban, with the No.

09:58
In Kabul, the Taliban seized American weapons and equipment
In brokering the surrender of entire Afghan army divisions over the past week, the Taliban took control of billions worth of American-made weapons and equipment, including small arms, Humvees, pickup trucks, aircraft and drones.This was reported by the Al-Arabiya TV channel with reference to their sources.

21:40
Biden signs Executive Order on additional sanctions against Nord Stream 2: details
On Friday, August 20, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an order introducing new sanctions against Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2.

20:33
​At least three Afghans were killed in anti-Taliban protests
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured during the protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan, Reuters reports.

16:24
Civil war is brewing: the son of an anti-Taliban fighter called on Afghans to fight back
A group of Afghan leaders is trying to rally a force to resist the Taliban from the same strategic valley that two decades ago held out against the militants.

06:58
Biden and Johnson have agreed on the meeting on the latest developments in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have agreed to hold an online meeting of G7 leaders due to the conflict in Afghanistan.

18:26
The Taliban is not Vietcong: Afghan Vice President made a statement and addressed the nation
Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh noted on Tuesday that he was considered the acting head of state under the constitution, considering the fact that President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.