DW — A day after Taliban fighters entered the presidential palace in Kabul, world powers are still in shock. The capital's airport has become the last zone under US control. Read more »
VOA — The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport on Sunday punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – The upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as well as approaching religious holidays could inspire extremist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security said in a terrorism alert... Read more »
DW — The situation along the border between Afghanistan and Iran remains tense as more and more Afghans, including soldiers, flee to escape the Taliban offensive. Read more »
VOA — NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Stephen Feehily lives in a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, an area where, as in much of the American South, hesitancy to get vaccinated against COVID-19... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s new president presented a Cabinet dominated by hard-liners on Wednesday, state TV reported, providing one of the first glimpses into the policies he might... Read more »
VOA — WHITE HOUSE – “Today, we proved that democracy can still work,” U.S. President Joe Biden said after senators from both parties came together to approve a $1 trillion infrastructure plan.... Read more »
VOA — LONDON - Humanity is unequivocally to blame for global climate change, and massive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are urgently required if the world is to avoid catastrophic warming, according... Read more »
VOA — A New York Times report says as the coronavirus swept across the U.S., more than 1 million children, many of them in poor neighborhoods, failed to show up for public... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. averaged more than 107,000 new COVID-19 cases a day for the first week of August, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on Saturday. For comparison, on June... Read more »