Videos allegedly showing Taliban grabbing US-made weaponry, using aviation appear online: https://sptnkne.ws/Hayn

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Haiti

Telegram is celebrating its 8th birthday today: on this date eight years ago, the messenger first appeared in the App Store. The app's creator, Pavel Durov, thanked its users and promised to make it even greater, suggesting that a lot of tweaks and upgrades are on the way.

"Thank you all for believing in Telegram early. And even if you just joined Telegram yesterday, it is still very early. From here, we shall reach new heights," Durov wrote on his blog.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has been registered off the coast of the US state of Alaska, the United States Geological Survey said.

❗️ Death toll from Haiti earthquake rises to 227, civil protection service says

#URGENT | Biden increases US troops in Afghanistan to 5,000 for 'safe drawdown' of US personnel

❗️ Biden vows 'swift and strong' US military response if Taliban puts American personnel, mission at risk

🥊 Oops, wrong victim!

A thief tried stealing UFC fighter Jordan Williams car, but quickly learned he made a huge mistake.

“I punched the guy a couple of times. At that point he was saying he’s sorry, just repeatedly,” the UFC star commented on the incident.

🚓 Defund the police, except for these two?

Two St. Louis police deputies were fired for their unauthorized employment as private security for police justice reform Democrat Cori Bush.

The officers Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson were seen on surveillance video doing private security work for Bush and were fired for not getting pre-approval to work a secondary shift as security guards, according to a St. Louis sheriff, Vernon Betts.

Does hiring private security guards while pushing to defund US police departments sound hypocrititcal?

🗣 "Biden gets it wrong every time": Donald Trump lambasted Biden's policies on Afghanistan and remarked that he should have followed Trump's "plan".

Ex-POTUS suggested that after he took out ISIS, he established a credible deterrent, which is now gone and the Taliban no longer has fear or respect for America.

"What a disgrace it will be when the Taliban raises their flag over America’s Embassy in Kabul. This is complete failure through weakness, incompetence, and total strategic incoherence", Trump continued.

Are there still people defending Biden on his decision?

🥊 One person was stabbed and hospitalized after fights broke out at an anti-vaccination and anti-mask rally between demonstrators and counter-protestors in Los Angeles.

It is also reported that opponents of vaccination attacked a local radio reporter.

❗️On Sunday, the Taliban (a terrorist group banned in Russia) entered the Afghan capital Kabul, raising the group's flag in one of the city's districts. According to the country's Interior Ministry, the Taliban has already taken control of Kabul University.

The Office of the President of Afghanistan said on Twitter that the country's security and defence forces have the situation under control "in coordination with international partners".

A Taliban delegation has reportedly arrived at the presidential palace for negotiations with the authorities.

The base, which hosts up to 5,000 inmates (Taliban or Daesh militants*) has surrendered to Taliban forces, Bagram District Chief Darwaish Raufi told the press.

*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia and many other countries

Afghan President Ghani will step down in the coming hours as the government has agreed to a peaceful transition of power to the Taliban.

US diplomats were evacuated by helicopter from the nation's embassy in Kabul just hours before the Taliban reached the outskirts of the Afghan capital.

🇦🇫Kabul is waiting for news as the Taliban (a terror group, banned in Russia) and the Ashraf Ghani government are negotiating the transition of power.