Live Afghanistan updates: Taliban-ruled country in ‘darkest hour of need,’ U.N. says The global body also urged the Taliban to ensure hard-won women's rights aren’t reversed in a possible return to its severe interpretation of Islamic law.
The war is ‘over.’ But Afghanistan’s crises are only getting worse. Beyond Taliban rule, Afghans are coping with drought, hunger, a tanking currency and an economy teetering on collapse.
Israel promotes military handler of agent who spied on U.S. Israel is granting a promotion to the handler of an agent who spied on the United States, more than 30 years after the episode strained U.S.-Israel ties and less than a year after the handler was pardoned by former President Donald Trump
France starts COVID-19 booster shot campaign for the elderly France has started administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65 and those with underlying health conditions
Has Delta Peaked? We investigate Covid’s mysterious two-month cycle.A testing site in Auburndale, Fla., last month.
Crimes by US military must be investigated, Beijing says after reports that American troops fired on civilians after Kabul bombing China’s Foreign Ministry has demanded probes be opened into numerous allegations of crimes committed by the US military against Afghans during the 20-year occupation of the now-Taliban controlled nation.
Pope on health: thanks to surgery I can eat whatever I want Pope Francis says thanks to surgery that removed a portion of his colon he can now eat whatever he wants
Air pollution could cut 9 years of life expectancy for 40% of Indians if something isn’t done, study warns More than 480 million people in India could see their life expectancy reduced by more than nine years if record levels of air pollution aren’t reduced swiftly, a report by US researchers has revealed.
American Police Say Officers Are Quitting in Droves. Federal Data Says Otherwise This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter.
The Bible Talks About Slavery. So Why Are Conservative Christians So Afraid of Critical Race Theory? Republican legislators nationwide are waging a fierce battle to prevent educators from teaching critical race theory—and they’re being helped by conservative Christian leaders willing to intentionally misrepresent their faith for political gain.
German police arrest man in killings of his wife and child Police in eastern Germany have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of killing his wife and young child
Brigadier housing Afghan evacuees: This is my family until they're off airbase CNN's Atika Shubert gets a tour around Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the temporary home for more than 20,000 Afghan refugees on their way to permanent locations.
Swooping magpies responsible for death of five-month-old baby set to be removed The baby died after suffering head injuries when her mother fell while trying to protect her from aggressive birds in a park in Brisbane, Australia
Dogs face slaughter after being abandoned to Taliban as troops flee Afghanistan 'Heartbroken' Kabul Small Animal Rescue claims it has had to leave dogs it was trying to help flee from Afghanistan at the capital's airport after attempts to evacuate them failed
Pope inadvertently quotes Putin to chide West's Afghan war Pope Francis has criticized the West's recent involvement in Afghanistan as an outsider's attempt to impose democracy — although he did it by citing Russia's Vladimir Putin while thinking he was quoting Germany's Angela Merkel.
Afghanistan: Taliban asked if there will be a place for women in new government In a BBC Pashto interview, the leadership was questioned about how the group intend to govern the country.
Erase or embrace: How should TV shows and movies depict the pandemic? When "Locked Down" premiered in January, it provoked eye rolls from critics. Telling the story of a couple whose imminent separation is put on hold by a stay-at-home order, it was among the first movies to be entirely written and filmed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jamie Spears 'dragging feet' on Britney censorship The pop star's father has been accused of trying to extort his daughter before departing the role.
How the C.I.A. Exited Its Base in Kabul A compound outside Kabul was one of the most secretive — and notorious — in Afghanistan. Our visual analysis shows how the spy agency shut down its operations there — and how the Taliban then entered the site.
OPEC and other producers will meet to decide oil output. OPEC Plus is expected to consider whether to stick with a production increase negotiated in July.Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi oil minister and chair of the OPEC Plus meetings.
It’s Election Season in Germany. No Charisma, Please! The race to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel after 16 years in office is the tightest in years. But the two leading candidates are anything but exciting, and that’s how Germans like it.Olaf Scholz, center left, of the Social Democrats, and Armin Laschet, center, of the Christian Democratic Union.
The Kabul airlift has ended, but a US operation to get 14,000 people off a base in Germany is far from over From his office window, Brigadier General Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are temporarily calling his air base home.