VOA says Tropical Storm Grace is crossing the northeastern Caribbean Sea, threatening to bring heavy rainfall to the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the next few days.
Day: 15 August 2021
Aljazeera says the number of children hospitalised with COVID-19 has hit a record-high in the United States, which continues to grapple with the Delta variant.
Arab News says Iran will impose a six-day national lockdown from Monday amid a soaring death toll from a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
France24 says at least 20 people were killed and nearly 80 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon Sunday, burning crowds clamouring for gasoline in the crisis-hit country.
BBC News says a powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing at least 304 people and injuring more than 1,800.
SKY News says the Taliban has seized all major cities apart from Kabul; leader orders militants to refrain from violence as Taliban enter the capital.
Sunday’s front pages are dominated by the news Plymouth gunman Jake Davison had his gun licence returned to him weeks before he went on a mass shooting – killing five people.