I woke up to the Taliban walking in my city
I first heard the news from my sister. Her face was pale and worried, as…
Desk Team
A moment that changed me: I met my soulmate at Istanbul airport security
Show caption The real deal … Saima Mir on her wedding day, with her best…
Analysis: Why did Kabul fall so easily into the Taliban’s hands?
The US Marshall Plan worked well for rebuilding post-WWII Europe with just $204.66 billion in…
Candyman’s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II: ‘Black people are so much more than our trauma’
Show caption The Candyman can … Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Photograph: Drew Gurian Horror films Candyman’s…
Mullah’s rise charts Taliban’s long road back to power
The Taliban s top political leader, who made a triumphal return to Afghanistan this week,…
Ortega and Murillo: Nicaragua’s shrewd power couple
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, still command a…
In China’s new Xinjiang: patriotic tourism, police and propaganda
Heavy security and state surveillance were never far away on a recent Chinese national holiday…
Afghanistan’s neighbours are preparing for life with the Taliban
T WO DECES after Western forces helped sweep the Taliban from power, and four months…
Germany, France raise idea of Kabul evacuations beyond August 31 deadline — as it happened
France, Germany, the UK want more time for evacuation The Taliban warned there would be…
Why is Duterte still riding high despite recession, COVID?
The president’s term is ending but he is a potential contender for vice president despite…