Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Stokes Bangladesh’s Terrorist Fears

The secular government of Muslim-majority Bangladesh fears the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan…

Biden picks Burns for China ambassador; Emanuel for Japan

President Joe Biden is nominating longtime former senior State Department official Nicholas…

The day before 9/11: what was life like before the world changed?

Show caption Clockwise from top left: Eric Schmidt of Google; Brian Dowling…

Fake Home Office website deterring Afghan asylum seekers from journeying to UK

Afghan asylum seekers are being discouraged from attempting journeys to Britain by…

Kidnapped, raped, wed against their will: Kyrgyz women’s fight against a brutal tradition

Aisuluu was returning home after spending the afternoon with her aunt in…

How Afghan women are resisting Taliban rule

“For security reasons, demonstrations are banned in Afghanistan from now on,” reads…

Why not all Islamist extremists are buoyed by the Taliban’s victory

Show caption Taliban fighters patrolling the streets of Kabul on Thursday. Photograph:…

Afghanistan: Biden says US strike against IS-K ‘not the last’ — as it happened

Pentagon said it killed 2 ‘high profile’ IS-K members after the Kabul…

Worshippers pray at gas station in Lebanon amid fuel crisis

Dozens of worshippers knelt in prayer Friday at the center of hundreds…

Bataclan terror trial: What happened the night Isis attacked the celebrated Paris music venue?

The French capital is on high alert as the trial of 20…