US East Coast Braces for Hurricane Henri

VOA — Hurricane Henri was hundreds of kilometers away Saturday night but managed to ruin New York City’s “Homecoming Concert” in Central Park meant to “really tell people New York City was... Read more »

Tours at Former US Plantations Focus on Telling Truth About Enslavement

VOA — Many tours on former plantations in the American South have focused on wealthy white landowning families and glossed over the people who were enslaved. This romanticized version centers on the... Read more »

US Judge Signs Off on $850 Million Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement

VOA — The judge overseeing the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy on Thursday approved the youth organization’s request to sign off on an $850 million settlement to resolve tens of thousands of... Read more »

Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker to Sail to Lebanon Soon

VOA — BEIRUT – The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and the United States not... Read more »

Hardline Haqqani Network Put in Charge of Kabul Security

VOA — The Taliban has placed security for the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the hands of senior members of the Haqqani Network, which has close ties with foreign jihadist groups including a... Read more »

T-Mobile US Says Personal Data of Nearly 50 Million Customers Breached

DW — The U.S. subsidiary of German telecommunications company T-Mobile said Wednesday that the personal data of more than 40 million former and prospective customers — including names, Social Security numbers and... Read more »

Iran’s ‘hostage diplomacy’ traps foreign nationals

DW — Foreign nationals in Iran are systematically arrested and detained so the government can use them as leverage to gain political concessions from other countries, including Germany. Read more »

Billions US Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited Taliban

VOA — WASHINGTON – Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that... Read more »

Explained: Who are the Taliban?

DW — The militant Islamist group has taken back power in Afghanistan. Here's what you need to know about the Taliban's leadership structure, their history and what to expect from their new... Read more »

Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pullout as Taliban take control

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 »