The explosion appeared to have hit a restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district of the Afghan capital. In the first few minutes after the blast, a police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, had identified the facility affected as a hotel
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European leaders reaffirmed support for Denmark and Greenland’s sovereignty after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European countries to push a Greenland deal, warning that the move risks straining transatlantic relations amid rising Arctic security concerns
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