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TRT World says the Afghan government has launched air strikes, targeting the Taliban in the south as fighting for territorial control continued between both sides across the country.

Aljazeera says authorities in Thailand are facing allegations of using lawsuits and new emergency decrees to fend off a rising tide of public anger about their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arab News says Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said on Thursday there was “no turning back” from his decision to freeze parliament and assume executive power, moves his opponents have branded a coup.

France24 says thousands of residents fled to safety from a wildfire that burned for a fourth day north of Athens early Friday, during an overnight battle to stop the flames reaching populated areas.

BBC News says two Belarusian coaches have lost their Olympic accreditations after allegedly attempting to force an athlete to leave the Games in Tokyo.

VOA says U.S. authorities identified the Pentagon police officer stabbed to death at a transit station outside the building the day before and were digging into the background of the attacker.

TRT World says President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for unproven claims that Brazil’s electronic voting system is riddled with fraud.

Aljazeera says the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September.

Arab News says the UN was urged on Wednesday to take action against Tehran after two Iranian attacks on shipping in the Gulf in less than a week.

France24 says Turkey is battling the worst wildfires in its history, President Erdogan said, as fires spread to a power station in the country’s southwest after reducing swathes of coastal forest to ashes.