September2021

After storming to power in recent weeks, militant Islamists have picked leaders for their new administration. The majority of the positions in the Taliban power structure have gone to long-serving Taliban leaders. As the Taliban takes...

The chip shortage that is disrupting global car production could continue into 2022 and even 2023, a leading German car industry figure has said. Covid had been a stress test for the industry, which needed a...

Bangladesh, which had never won a match in the shortest format against New Zealand before this series, has won the first two games and will be eager to continue their winning ways and win the series....

The five defendants are all frail and have long-term repercussions from the torture they experienced at hidden CIA “black” sites between 2002 and 2006, according to their lawyers. The trial of suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid...

Hundreds of people gathered at various protests in Kabul on Tuesday when the Taliban fired rounds into the air to disperse them, the latest show of defiance by Afghans against the hardline Islamist organization that stormed...

Following his meeting with Qatari officials on speeding evacuations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the Taliban had reiterated their vow to allow Afghans to freely leave Afghanistan. Following allegations that several hundred...

According to experts, the British government’s vacation scheme, which has maintained millions of private-sector jobs during the pandemic, is on the verge of being phased out, posing a risk of a jump in unemployment. Experts, on...

Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex — or at least divided by a curtain....

China’s exports and imports enjoyed forecast-beating growth in August, as data on Tuesday showed overseas demand for cars, electronics and consumer goods surged while a domestic coronavirus resurgence was brought to heel. The news follows a...

Can the mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets...