BRUSSELS -- Senior officials from European Union (EU) member states on Tuesday pledged coordination with the United Nations on the stabilization of the region after Taliban takes over Afghanistan, urging Taliban to cut ties with international terrorism.

Justice and home affairs ministers of the EU countries said in a statement following a meeting in Brussels that the EU and its 27 nations "stand determined to act jointly to prevent the recurrence of uncontrolled large-scale illegal migration movements faced in the past, by preparing a coordinated and orderly response." (EU-Afghanistan)

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NEW YORK -- The raging Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to bring more people, including many children, into U.S. hospitals, and force cancellations of college enrollments and social events, in addition to disrupting Americans' daily life and eroding their long-term welfare.

Trustees for the U.S. Social Security trust fund in an annual report released on Tuesday said that the program is expected to pay benefits that exceed its income in 2021, the same as it anticipated last year at the outset of the pandemic. (US COVID-19 Hospitalization Vaccine Welfare)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq launched on Tuesday an operation to hunt down the militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group near the Iraqi-Syrian border in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

Iraqi security forces, backed by aircraft, pushed into the desert area in three routes to clear the border areas of the IS militants, who frequently carry out attacks on the Iraqi security forces, Colonel Salih Ibrahim from Anbar's police told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS-Operation)

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ATHENS -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday and later in the day the new ministers were sworn in the presence of Mitsotakis and Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Most key economic portfolios, the Foreign Affairs Ministry and other ministries remained unchanged. (Greece-Cabinet) Enditem

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