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At a conference it hosts today, the United Nations will call for $600 million (DW) to fund humanitarian programs in Afghanistan through…

The countries reopened a high-level dialogue (AP) on trade, infrastructure, and migration that had been launched during the Barack Obama administration but…

Madrid authorities arrested Hugo Carvajal (AP) almost two years after he defied a Spanish extradition order and disappeared. Carvajal is wanted in…

Fearing that jihadis in Africa will be emboldened by the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP that an…

Qatar and Turkey have worked to help restore civilian flights out of Kabul, which the Taliban had said they would…

Biden is set to visit the three memorial sites (VOA) for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks tomorrow to mark the twenty-year…

President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a ninety-minute phone conversation (SCMP). The White House said they discussed how to keep U.S.-China…

As part of a package of new pandemic-containment measures, U.S. President Joe Biden announced federal COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates…

The Joe Biden administration sent letters (AP) to several high-profile former officials from the Donald Trump administration who had been named to…

Uruguay has begun talks with China (MercoPress) on solidifying a free trade deal, despite objections from other members of South America’s Southern…

The two presidents will meet in Moscow today (RFE/RL). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been increasingly isolated internationally following his crackdown…

At an emergency virtual summit, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders moved to suspend Guinea (AFP) and called for the…

While visiting sites in New York and New Jersey that were hit by Hurricane Ida, U.S. President Joe Biden said…

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional (AP) to regard abortion as a crime. The ruling immediately applies only to the…

The trial of participants in the November 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris’s Bataclan theater began today (WaPo) and is set to continue…

A Cape Verde court ruled that it will not block the extradition (FT) of Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman wanted in the…

Morocco holds parliamentary elections (AFP, France 24) today, with some 64 percent of voters expected to abstain, according to a recent poll.…

Authorities in Mumbai announced curbs on processions (TNN) at a major religious festival set to start on Friday. The mayor encouraged people…

Authorities in Hong Kong arrested four members (Straits Times) of the group that plans annual vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.…

Around 8.9 million Americans are expected to see a reduction (AP) in unemployment benefits as two federal pandemic-related programs expire today. The…