President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he plans to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian honor — to his former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani . Giuliani was hospitalized over the weekend after sustaining several injuries in a car accident.

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1️⃣ Afghanistan

The Taliban are asking for international help after an earthquake destroyed entire villages in Afghanistan. At least 1,100 people were killed and more than 3,200 were injured when the 6.0-magnitude temblor struck near the Pakistan border on Sunday. Search and rescue efforts in the remote mountainous areas have been hindered by damaged roads, heavy rain and landslides. The war-ravaged country was already in the throes of a

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