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.
Fancy a beer in Britain? In some pubs, supplies are running low The shortages in the pint-loving country are being blamed on Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.
What Hurricane Ida Means for Louisiana’s COVID-19 Problem On Thursday, as Hurricane Ida loomed as a Category 4 storm that threatened massive flooding, high winds and power outages along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, health administrators at Marrero Healthcare Center, located just northeast of where Ida made landfall, decided to evacuate upwards of 80 residents to safer ground.
U.S. housing 17,000 Afghan evacuees in 5 states, 40,000 overseas The Biden administration is using eight military bases and two facilities across the U.S. to house Afghan evacuees, including those who aided the U.S. war effort.
Gail Omvedt, 81, Dies; India Became Her Home, the Caste System Her Cause An American-born sociologist, she moved to India in the 1970s, helped pioneer the study of castes and drew attention to the lives of the country’s most oppressed.
Amazon Plans to Add 40,000 Workers to U.S. Corporate Ranks Amazon says it plans to add more than 40,000 people to its corporate ranks in the U.S., a hiring spree the company is calling its biggest-ever recruiting and training event.
Let’s Not Rush to Judgment About the Withdrawal From Afghanistan As I listen to the commentators discuss the current situation in Afghanistan, the central question does not seem to be whether we should leave the country, but why it happened so fast and chaotically.
This man has fled Afghanistan twice. Why this time is more painful CNN's Barbie Nadeau speaks with activists who worked in Afghanistan before the Taliban's takeover. They say hope for the Afghanistan they worked for is gone.
Germany presses for Iran to come back to nuclear deal talks following concerns over new uranium enrichment levels The German government has pushed for Iran to reenter stalled talks about the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after reports that Iranian uranium enrichment levels have reached a new high.
Afghanistan: Taliban parade captured vehicles through Kandahar The militant group showcased equipment captured during their takeover of Afghanistan.
These ancient climate change events helped early humans migrate across the Arabian desert Stone tools and ancient animal fossils have revealed that early humans were in Arabia 400,000 years ago. Prehistoric climate change may have encouraged their travels across what are now vast stretches of desert, according to new research.
With 4 months left in 2021, here's where the US stands with Covid-19 September marks a year and a half since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic and the United States issued a national emergency because of the virus.
Washington Post: GOP congressman threatened US embassy staff in trying to enter Afghanistan Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin threatened US embassy staff in Tajikistan, outraged that they would not assist him in carrying a huge amount of money through the country as he attempted to travel to Afghanistan for an unauthorized evacuation effort, The Washington Post reported.
How Texas’ Abortion Ban Marks a New Legal Strategy for Abortion Restrictions A Texas law that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy took effect at midnight on Wednesday after the Supreme Court failed to act on emergency requests from abortion providers.
Italy’s Covid ‘Green Pass’ extended to cover domestic travel in bid to boost vaccination rate Italy extended the coverage of its Covid Green Pass on Wednesday, requiring any individual travelling via train, plane, ferry, or inter-regional coach to have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine before travelling.
Cases, hospitalizations and death rates are soaring across the country as kids, including those still ineligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, return to school As students and staff return to school, the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 has caused cases, hospitalizations and death rates to soar across the country.
When school isn't safe: 'You feel like you are sending your child into a lion's den' What finally did it for Nathan, the parent of a young child at a small Catholic school in California, was the seating chart that showed how a teacher infected at least 12 of 24 students in her class with the coronavirus.
Welcome to September, historically the worst month for stocks If you're an investor who knows your market history, you might be tempted to tune out for a bit and start singing Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends." The ninth month is traditionally the worst of the year for stocks.
Planned Parenthood CEO says Texas abortion law is 'emblematic of vigilante justice.' Hear why Alexis McGill, CEO and President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, speaks with CNN's Jim Sciutto after Texas enacted a law that bars abortions at six weeks.
Russian-brokered cease-fire takes hold in southern Syria Syrian and opposition media are reporting that a Russian-negotiated cease-fire has taken effect in a volatile southern city, ending weeks of violence