Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital in blitz

Two Afghan officials and the Taliban say the militants have seized the provincial capital of Ghazni

Police headquarters falls to Taliban in southern Afghanistan

The Taliban have captured a police headquarters in a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan teetering toward being lost to the insurgents as suspected U.S. airstrikes pounded the area

Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall

Officials says the Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters

US envoy meets Libyan commander to push for elections

The U.S. ambassador to Libya has met with a Libyan military commander amid international efforts to salvage a U.N.-brokered roadmap for elections in the North African country late this year

Afghan officials: 3 more provincial capitals fall to Taliban

Officials says the Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters in a blitz across the country’s northeast

In Iran, slow vaccinations fuel anger in unending pandemic

Iran has seen several dramatic surges in the coronavirus pandemic and anger is growing

Woman missing after floods and mudslides in northern Turkey

Turkish officials say heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have left a woman missing in northern Turkey's Bartin province

India voids law that sought billions in retrospective taxes

India's government is repealing a hotly disputed tax law under which it pursued billions of dollars from international companies for past dealings

India Retrospective Tax

Bangladesh vaccinating Rohingya refugees amid virus surge

Bangladesh’s government and aid agencies have started vaccinating Rohingya refugees as a virus surge raises health risks in the camps