Tweets Of The Day

• The Taliban mark one year in power with a holiday in Afghanistan
• Egypt mourns dozens killed in a fire at a Coptic church near Cairo
• A blast at a popular market in Armenia's capital leaves five dead

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— DW News (@dwnews) August 15, 2022

After one year of Taliban rule, Afghanistan is sliding into one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time. pic.twitter.com/PJ5DIqxVsn

— DW News (@dwnews) August 15, 2022

A year after the Taliban took power in Kabul, many Afghans say security has improved in the capital. But women's work and education is still heavily restricted, and poverty is worsening pic.twitter.com/OYPbMXO8Fs

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 15, 2022

Afghanistan: one year since the Taliban takeover.#AFPGraphics timeline of key events in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021 pic.twitter.com/JOi2GjWx8l

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 15, 2022

Germans are facing a new tax on natural gas use that could cost the average household several hundred euros a year and is aimed at rescuing importers slammed by Russian cutbacks tied to the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/xPQaBAOrx2

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 15, 2022

VIDEO: Streets protests in Kisumu - the eastern Kenya stronghold of former prime minister Raila Odinga - after his opponent William Ruto was declared winner of Kenya's hard-fought presidential election pic.twitter.com/vN3K5TOgPv

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 15, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to raise millions out of poverty and turn India into a developed country in the next quarter-century as he marks 75 years since independence from British rule. https://t.co/LHKrKGcXaC

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 15, 2022

Iran denies responsibility for Friday's stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie, instead blaming the author and his supporters.

“No one has the right to accuse Iran,” the foreign ministry said, despite a fatwa calling for Rushdie's killing. https://t.co/HKIkRqxlde

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 15, 2022

Any landing you walk away from is a good landing pic.twitter.com/YqE0JRAMd9

— Skies-of-Glory (@violetpilot1) August 15, 2022