Last week, Nikki Haley blasted the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, accusing the Biden administration of "completely" surrendering to the Taliban*.

The tweet came in just as the bodies of 13 American service members, who died last week in a deadly Daesh-K* bombing at the Kabul International Airport, were delivered to the US.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City, which was destroyed during the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, will hold services for the first time in 20 years, Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Alex Karloutsos told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Biden administration has not yet answered a petition by the family of jailed Russian national Konstantin Yaroshenko, who asked to pardon him, as Washington does not want to set a precedent, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rights, Grigory Lukyantsev, said in an interview with Sputnik.

As Hurricane Ida ravages the US state of Louisiana, more and more residents are now facing the devastating aftermath of the calamity. More than a million customers in Louisiana were left without power after Hurricane Ida hit the state

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for Louisiana, where powerful Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday afternoon, the White House said.

Hurricane Ida, which has been blasting the Gulf Coast, prompted US President Joe Biden to issue a disaster declaration for the state of Louisiana. The latter has so far been the most affected by the natural phenomenon.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The first death caused by Hurricane Ida has occurred in the US state of Louisiana, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office (APSO) informs.

30-year-old Caleb Wallace, who was married and had three children, founded his San Angelo Freedom Defenders group to protest what he referred to as a "COVID-19 tyranny," opposing coronavirus-related health restrictions.

As the southern coast of the United States is being ravaged by Hurricane Ida, US President Joe Biden arrived at a Sunday meeting of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to deliver remarks on the major storm.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The death toll from a US airstrike that targeted a vehicle in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday has gone up to nine, all members of the same family, a relative of those killed told CNN.

Devastating Hurricane Ida reached the Louisiana Gulf Coast on Sunday, causing massive flooding and widespread damage. Over 764,000 Louisiana residents were without electricity Sunday evening.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has evacuated all local Afghan staffers at its embassy in Kabul, as well as their families, ABC News reports citing an internal report.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden has warned that Hurricane Ida will be a major life-threatening storm and has promised all the necessary federal assistance to the states that will be affected.

Earlier, media reported on the departure of US President Joe Biden from the White House for a vacation in the heat of the Afghanistan pullout, as the Taliban* military movement entered the nation's capital, Kabul, and asserted control over the country.

The United States lost 13 soldiers during the deadly Thursday bombings in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, with the suicide attacks also claiming the lives of at least 169 Afghan civilians.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Hurricane Ida has made landfall in the US state of Louisiana as a Category Four storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday.

The mother reportedly insisted that both the "Democrats who cheated in the election" and those who voted for Biden "legitimately" "just killed" her son.

After the US announced the delimitation of space as a warfighting domain, several NATO powers inaugurated a separate space command, with the heads of state of the aforementioned pointing to the increasing space capabilities of Russia, China, and India, who have all denied any intent to militarise space or “base any type of weapons in space".

The Biden administration has vowed to "hunt down" and punish the Daesh-Khorasan* terrorists who claimed responsibility for Thursday's deadly attack on Kabul Airport. Privately, Pentagon officials have expressed concerns about the US' ability to stage effective over-the-horizon strikes in Afghanistan without a presence on the ground.