Authan in Taliban hands, panic in Kabul

In afghanistan was in Taliban hands on Monday after government forces collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, who acknowledged their victory at the end of a nearly 20-year war. acknowledged Sunday night the president, who would now be in Tajikistan, while the insurgents celebrated a military victory as fast as total by taking over the presidential palace in Kabul. The feared entry of the fighters caused a wave of panic in the capital, where thousands of residents were trying to flee, crowding in particular at the airport where scenes of chaos were reported. The U.S. flag was removed early Monday from the U.S. embassy in Kabul and "brought to safety with embassy staff" gathered at the airport pending evacuation. announced from Washington the State Department and the Pentagon. Many other diplomats and foreign nationals were also hastily evacuated from Kabul on Sunday. The UN Security Council is due to meet on Monday at 14:00 GMT to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The France announced Sunday the deployment of military reinforcements to the United Arab Emirates to facilitate the evacuation of French nationals, whose security the Elysee has made their security an "absolute priority".

Séisme en Haïti: nearly 1,300 dead, more than 5,700 wounded

The powerful earthquake that hit Haiti Saturday left nearly 1,300 dead and 5,700 injured, leaving thousands homeless in the southwest of the country or looking for relatives missing or trapped under the rubble. While suffering the aftershocks of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake, residents and rescue workers were busy Sunday with limited means to find survivors. Many heavy machines, trucks and backhoes were busy moving concrete slabs from collapsed buildings in the city of Les Cayes near the epicenter of the earthquake, some 160 km from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, AFP found on the spot. The quake hit southwestern Haiti on Saturday at 08:29 (12:29 GMT). On Sunday evening, the toll drawn up by the Haitian civil protection stood at precisely 1,297 dead. Nearly 30,000 homes were destroyed or damaged.

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In Zambia, opponent Hakainde Hichilema, a 59-year-old self-taught businessman, wins the presidential election against outgoing head of state Edgar Lungu.

Russian Daniil Medvedev won the ATP Masters 1000 in Toronto on Sunday by defeating American Reilly Opelka, 32nd in the world, (6-4, 6-3), after a one-way match.