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Taliban congratulates Afghans on their victory after the withdrawal of the last US soldier.

Figures from 22 countries show a 15-percent average decrease in the number of transplants worldwide during COVID-19.

Alireza Ahmadi desperately hoped to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, then a deadly explosion took his life.

Two regional rivals began secret talks hosted by Baghdad in April and more discussions are planned soon in Iraq.

After the US's withdrawal Kabul airport is without air traffic control services and talks are on to secure the airport.

Why is it that a superpower so rich in experts, scholars, pundits and policymakers keeps messing up?

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa introduces emergency regulations to control prices of essential food items.

The Brahmaputra and other rivers across Assam and Bihar burst their banks after incessant downpours.

Canberra reports 13 new cases as officials extend the capital's hard lockdown until at least September 17.

Ida knocked out offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, caused 'catastrophic' damage to Louisiana's grid.

US climate envoy will hold talks in Japan, China on cooperation on removing support for fossil fuels, especially coal.

Leaked footage of police suffocating a drug suspect to death sparks anger and calls for an end to custodial abuse.

The Afghan group says the US defeat is lesson for everyone else, and says it wants 'good relations' with all countries.

Extinction Rebellion says the past three decades of conventional climate change campaigning has not been enough.

Afghan refugee in Australian detention grows increasingly desperate as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan.

The resolution requires the Taliban to honour their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan.

Scientists yet to establish whether the new variant is more contagious or able to overcome immunity provided by jabs.

Data show the number of offences targeting Black people and people of Asian decent increased rose 6 percent from 2019.

Refineries in the US state of Louisiana may be slow to resume operations in the wake of the storm.

The Islamic State in Khorasan Province claimed the worst attack in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power.

International donors including the World Bank and European Union froze funding shortly after Taliban takeover.

Algeria, the last country in the world to use leaded petrol, halted its sale last month, the UN said.

Tencent and NetEase can only offer online gaming to minors from 8pm to 9pm on Fridays, weekends and holidays.

The decision also comes as oil prices have become a political liability for US President Joe Biden.

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded, and two later died, in protests against the crippling Israeli blockade of Gaza.

High transmission rates across the continent 'deeply worrying, particularly in the light of low vaccination', WHO says.

Experts warn of impending humanitarian 'catastrophe' in northeast Syria, where waning river flow is rapidly waning.

Former leader of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiyah to face war crimes trial, 18 years after his arrest in Thailand.

Weakening sentiment among households could undermine what has been a big advantage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Qatar has emerged as a key player in Afghanistan after the US pullout.

Ten people from a Kabul neighbourhood killed in US drone attack - Washington claims ISKP fighters were the target.

Five years after her fall from grace, Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes is getting her day in US court.

New Orleans plunged into darkness hours after storm slammed southern US state of Louisiana, killing at least one person.

During the Olympics, Germany missed a precious opportunity for a society-wide conversation on women's rights.

The storm tore through US offshore oil and gas fields and the production losses will push up retail gasoline prices.

New production lines set up, Cadila vaccine approved, and Russia's Sputnik V starts production in India.

One in three Afghans is going hungry and more than half a million people have been displaced by conflict since January.

Syrian families continue to struggle to get information about their loved ones disappeared by the Assad regime.

Ismail Sabri Yaakob's office did not say how long the premier would be in quarantine.

A stuck box of fertiliser captures the global supply chain crisis, which is preventing economic activity, hiking costs.

UN nuclear report says ongoing activity at the Yongbyon facility continues to be 'a cause for serious concern'.

In first high-level talks in years, Benny Gantz met PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday night.

Fatima Nafees waits for her eldest son Najeeb Ahmed’s return, nearly five years after he disappeared from JNU campus.

Details of the assault turned Alibaba into the highest-profile symbol of the abuses prevalent in Chinese tech firms.

By the time he was 13, Scottie was addicted to heroin. A Medically Supervised Injecting Room helped him stop using.

Several rockets were fired towards Kabul's international airport but were intercepted by a missile defence system.

At least one person dead as Ida plunges New Orleans into darkness.

Situmbeko Musokotwane faces the daunting task of pulling country out of a protracted debt crisis, prioritises IMF talks.

Palestinians in Urif village fear for their lives as attacks by illegal Jewish settlers surge and Israeli troops assist.