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South Korea Seoul, South Korea.- In the photo, published on September 15, 2021, shows the launch of a ballistic missile from a domestic submarine in South Korea. Tension mounts on the Korean peninsula after the North launched two ballistic missiles as a test Wednesday just three days after testing a new cruise missile. From the south they responded by firing a missile from a submarine.

North and South Korea test-fire ballistic missiles as tensions between the two grow

afghanistan Taliban promise Taliban officials visit Mes Aynak copper mine with China's Jiangxi Copper and Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) representatives, including Head of MCC Chinese Company in Afghanistan Sefatullah Rahimi, in Mes Aynak, Logar province, Afghanistan September 13, 2021. Picture taken September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Afghanistan Wrap: Taliban makes a promise as Blinken faces new questions

Blinken Afghanistan House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and ranking member Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) preside as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan at a virtual committee hearing in Washington, U.S. September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Blinken defends United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in front of Congress

Climate Change Move report FILE PHOTO: A view shows debris and buildings damaged from Hurricane Ida as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) inspects the damage from Hurricane Ida from aboard the Marine One helicopter during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, U.S. September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo

Climate change may force 200 million people to move by 2050

Israel Hamas fighting Smoke and flames rise during an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Fighting again: Israel, Hamas exchange fire for third straight day

North Korea test The Academy of National Defense Science conducts long-range cruise missile tests in North Korea, as pictured in this combination of undated photos supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 13, 2021. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

North Korea concerns on the rise after new missile test

Hurricane Mexico Trees sway amidst heavy rain as Hurricane Olaf sweeps through Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico, September 9, 2021, in this still image taken from a social media video. Dominique Torres Williams/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Latest hurricane spares United States, Olaf slams into Mexico instead

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What’s the graver threat to homeland security today: Domestic or international terrorism?

Kabul departure The first international flight from Kabul since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan taxis at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 9, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

In first large scale departure since the US withdrew, more Americans leave Kabul

Attacks trial Journalists work in front of the temporary courtroom set up at during the start of the trial of the Paris' November 2015 attacks at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France, September 8, 2021. Twenty defendants stand trial over Paris' November 2015 attacks from September 8, 2021 to May 25, 2022, with nearly 1,800 civil parties, more than 300 lawyers, hundreds of journalists and large-scale security challenges. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Court trial begins for Paris terror attacks that killed 130

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Why are prescription drugs so darn expensive in America?

Taliban province cabinet A Taliban soldier walks in front of the female protesters during the anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 7, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Taliban take the final province, appoint old guard members to a new cabinet

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UN watchdog: North Korea may have restarted nuclear reactor, putting world at risk

New Zealand stab Police respond to the scene of an attack carried out by a man shot dead by police after he injured multiple people at a shopping mall in Auckland, New Zealand, September 3, 2021. Stuff Limited/Ricky Wilson via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT

New Zealand authorities stop ISIS-inspired terrorist attack after 6 people stabbed

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Managing migration: How processes differ for Afghan refugees and those at the US-Mexico border

Ukraine President Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


Ukraine president seeks less controversial relationship with Biden

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Major General Donahue last to leave Afghanistan, ends 20 years of war

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Afghan refugees: where are they going?

Taliban war Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks to Badri 313 military unit at Kabul's airport, Afghanistan August 31, 2021 in this still image obtained from a handout video. Taliban/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Taliban declare victory in Kabul as Biden adresses end of war

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Spending more on gas? Why OPEC may be to blame.

U.S. Army Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, steps on board a C-17 transport plane as the last U.S. service member to leave Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 30, 2021 in a photograph taken using night vision optics. XVIII Airborne Corps/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY. REFILE - CORRECTING DATE.

Finally over: Taliban says last US planes have left Afghanistan

Kabul rocket fire Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, as Taliban forces stand guard, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 30, 2021. REUTER/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Rockets fired at Kabul airport after US drone strikes, as time winds down to withdraw

U.S. service members assist at an Evacuation Control Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Handout via REUTERS

US airstrike targets ISIS-K in Afghanistan, retaliation for deadly suicide bomber

biden withdrawal afghanistan FILE PHOTO: A baby is handed over to the American army over the perimeter wall of the airport for it to be evacuated, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. OMAR HAIDARI/via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

Orderly withdrawal? Middle East expert says the Biden Administration set expectations too high