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Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments in Turkey, around the world and the coronavirus pandemic.

Developments in Turkey, coronavirus pandemic and other news

Turkey has administered over 84.57 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to official figures released Monday.

Turkey on Monday expanded its vaccination campaign to include minors at least 15 years old, as well as those at least 12 years old who suffer from chronic diseases.

The death toll from floods in Turkey's Black Sea region has risen to 77, authorities said Monday.

Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines on Monday canceled all scheduled flights to Afghanistan following the Taliban’s capture of the capital Kabul.

Turkish citizens in Afghanistan were brought back to Turkey on Monday, a day after Afghanistan's capital fell to the Taliban.

Turkey has donated 22 military vehicles to Somalia, including eight Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.

Three soldiers were killed by PKK terrorists in Turkey's cross-border operation zone in northern Iraq, according to a statement Monday by the Turkish National Defense Ministry.

At least seven PKK terrorists have been "neutralized" in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said Monday.

Worldwide developments related to COVID-19

More than 4.7 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University.

Malaysia’s king has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and told him to continue as caretaker until a successor is appointed, the royal palace announced Monday. 

Four Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces opened fire on residents of a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, an official said Monday.

Flights were suspended at Afghanistan's main international airport in Kabul on Monday as crowds of people anxiously waited at its gates in hope of leaving the country.

China on Monday threw its weight behind an "Islamic government" in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to honor its commitments for a negotiated settlement in the country.

In response to the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Spain is accelerating its plans to evacuate personnel from Afghanistan by sending two military planes to Dubai on Monday.

Zambia's president on Monday conceded an election defeat to opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema. The president-elect assured his predecessor that he will not be persecuted by the country’s newly formed United Party for National Development government.

The Philippines evacuated 32 of its citizens from Afghanistan, authorities said Monday.

Germany should work closely with Turkey to address a potential new refugee influx from Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly told a closed-door ruling party meeting Monday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community Monday to stand united in ensuring Afghanistan does not again become a terrorist safe haven in which human rights are trampled.

British and NATO forces will not be returning to Afghanistan, the UK’s secretary of defense said Monday while acknowledging the Taliban’s control over the country.

The Russian embassy in Kabul has established "working contacts" with the Taliban, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

As a heat wave that brought the hottest temperature ever recorded to Spain came to an end Monday as firefighters scrambled to contain dozens of forest fires across the country.

The head of the US Central Command met with senior Taliban leaders in Qatar's capital Doha and reached an agreement that the Afghanistan evacuation effort can continue without interference, according to a report published Monday.

The UN Security Council on Monday called on Afghanistan's warring parties to immediately end violence and turn to negotiations to fill the power vacuum after the Taliban overran the war-torn country.

Saudi Arabia said Monday that it stands with the choices of the Afghan people without interference as the Taliban took over the country.

Amid the collapse of the Afghan army and government, 22 Afghan military planes as well as 24 helicopters with 548 soldiers on board violated Uzbekistan’s airspace in the past two days, Uzbek officials said Monday.

The EU “must not turn a blind eye to a humanitarian crisis which will specifically affect women and girls in Afghanistan,” Evelyn Regner, chair of the European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights and gender equality, said Monday.

Recent developments in Afghanistan have been extremely “bitter and terrifying,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a press conference Monday.

President Joe Biden on Monday defended his decision to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, saying the US gave Afghans "every chance to determine their own future."

The US Defense Department announced Monday that it is opening up two additional military bases for arriving citizens of Afghanistan fleeing from the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

At least 1,419 people are dead and more than 6,900 injured after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, the country’s civil defense agency said late Monday.

Anticipating a major influx of irregular migrants from the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, European states will establish an “initiative with transit countries” to protect their arrival on the continent, the French president announced Monday.

The US posture towards whichever government fills the power vacuum left by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan will depend on the hardline group's actions, the State Department said Monday.