August2021

The Taliban claim to have taken control of Kabul’s presidential palace. President Ghani had already left the country on Sunday, but the real situation at the presidential palace is still unknown. Ghani and his senior advisers...

Authorities, including the Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard, are in charge of the search and rescue operation. Following Saturday’s boat capsize in the Bay of Bengal, the UN refugee agency said it is still in communication...

On Saturday, Lionel Messi was presented to a packed stadium of Paris Saint-Germain fans before watching his club beat Strasbourg 4-2 in Ligue 1 with Kylian Mbappe playing a key part. Despite the welcome ceremony taking...

Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 58 people, authorities said on Sunday, in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month. The floods brought chaos to...

A U.S. jury on Friday awarded Optis Wireless Technology LLC and several related companies $300 million in damages after a second patent trial against iPhone maker Apple Inc. A jury had previously found that Apple had...

Despite the Taliban’s swift progress, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his intention to remove US forces from Afghanistan on Saturday, promising to send more troops to evacuate civilians and warning the rebels not to jeopardize the operation....

On Sunday, Japan prepared for further rain as rescuers sorted through flood and landslide devastation caused by record rains that killed at least three people. Residents returned to check on their mud-strewn homes in the southwest,...

Naomi Osaka has pledged to donate her earnings from next week’s Western & Southern Open to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, the Caribbean nation her father hails from. The four-time Grand Slam champion announced her...

To the dismay of his opponents, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to call emergency elections on September 20 to seek a new mandate to guide the country’s pandemic departure. Trudeau, who has been in...

Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday. All non-essential businesses and offices...