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Japan finds black particles in Moderna vaccine

Tonga royals deny Australia horse trainer murder link

India Covid: Economy sees record growth during deadly wave

Hurricane Ida: New Orleans under curfew amid blackout

Why was this athlete 'too tall' to race?

Image of bird at US-Mexico border wall wins contest

One-in-three trees face extinction in wild, says new report

Gulf Sky: 'Our ship was hijacked and taken to Iran'

Marseille drugs: Child victims of French city's vicious gang war

CEO Secrets: 'I was making money, but had no money'

FBI hate crime reports spike to 12-year high in 2020

Caldor Fire: Thousands flee as Lake Tahoe under threat

Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

Biden defends pulling US troops out before all Americans evacuated

Female journalist who interviewed Taliban flees

Afghanistan: How can the West stop terror bases?

Tokyo Paralympics: Afghanistan athlete Hossain Rasouli makes debut after evacuation

Afghanistan: Taliban enter Kabul airport and celebrate by posing in aircraft

Berlin university canteens cut meat from menus to curb climate change

R. Kelly trial: First male accuser testifies to sexual abuse

Nike is giving its head office staff a week's break

Greta Thunberg: 'I'll go to COP26 if it's safe and democratic'

The last US soldier leaves Afghanistan

Mollie Tibbetts: Farm worker gets life for murdering Iowa student

Tokyo 2020: Toyota restarts driverless vehicles after accident

Afghanistan: Last US military flight departs ending America's longest war

Highly polluting leaded petrol now eradicated from the world, says UN

Theranos scandal: Who is Elizabeth Holmes and why is she on trial?

Nigerian students amass degrees to stay in Europe

Para-Taekwondo: Taking 360 tornado kicks to Tokyo

Fury as Covid crisis hits Australia's Aboriginal communities

Can apps move the #MeToo movement forward?

Afghanistan: Fleeing the Taliban into Pakistan and leaving dreams behind

From Bush to Biden: One war, four US presidents on Afghanistan

Watch moment US military declares final flight out of Afghanistan

Gunfire as Taliban celebrate US leaving Afghanistan

Hurricane Ida: Louisiana assesses damage after storm

Afghanistan drone strike: 'Ten people died here.. including my daughter'

Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive

Covid: EU set to impose travel restrictions on US as cases rise

Kanye West: Donda released by Universal without my say, artist claims

Covid surge 'deeply worrying' in Europe as vaccinations dip - WHO

Paris speed limit falls to 30km/h

China cuts children's online gaming to one hour

Palestinian President Abbas holds rare talks with Israeli minister

Afghanistan: US investigating civilian deaths in Kabul strike

Milan fire: Flames engulf modern 20-storey block of flats

Brazil bank robbers tie hostages to getaway cars

First ever female Paralympic gold medal for India

Hurricane Ida's 150mph winds batter Louisiana

New Zealand woman dies after receiving Pfizer vaccine

Covid: Australia records 1,000th death from the pandemic

Vietnam lockdown adds to global coffee supply concerns

Yongbyon: UN says North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor

Ethiopia's economy battered by Tigray war

Turkey lockdown: Pigeon-keeping in Istanbul on the rise

Bodies of US troops killed in Kabul returned to America

Possum skin cloaks: Reviving an Aboriginal cultural tradition

Japan's huge army of under-employed ex-housewives

In India, growing clamour to criminalise rape within marriage

Ed Asner: Lou Grant and Up actor dies aged 91

Jamaican reggae icon Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies aged 85

Afghanistan: US drone strike 'eliminates airport bomb threat'

Hurricane Ida: 'Catastrophic' storm surge as winds move onshore

Max Verstappen declared winner of aborted rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix

Yemen war: Drone attack on government airbase kills 30 soldiers

A country abandoned: BBC's John Simpson on Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taxi driver, shopkeeper: UK victims of Kabul attack

Mountain lion: US mother fights off animal attacking her son

Emotional arrival for Afghan Paralympians in Tokyo

What now for Afghans arriving in America?

Afghanistan: 'Thousands more left behind...and feel terrified'

Wife of murdered Greek ambassador jailed over his death in Brazil

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says he will be killed, arrested or re-elected

Herat under the Taliban: residents on the new rulers

Hurricane Ida: Thousands flee as storm bears down on Louisiana

Agnes Sithole: The woman who fought South Africa's sexist marriage laws

Your pictures on the theme of 'my summer'

Afghanistan: Black Hawks and Humvees - military kit now with the Taliban

'We were hurt in bombs through no fault of our own'

Afghanistan: 'I helped the US military, now help me save my family'

Afghan refugee heading to UK gives birth at 30,000 feet

Europe migrant crisis: More than 500 people rescued off Italian island

Victims' relatives still desperately search for news of loved ones

Cows on the moo-ve from Swiss Alpine meadow

Strictly: Why are South African dancers so popular?

'The Taliban killed my brother for protecting my family'

Afghanistan: Shukria Barakzai's whispered voice notes and dramatic escape

Canada election: Justin Trudeau rally cancelled after angry protests

Afghanistan: US drone strike 'kills Isis-K militant'

Paralympic cheats stopped me winning gold

Shein: China fashion giant investigates 'false' anti-Uyghur job ads

Week in pictures: 21 - 27 August 2021

Serra Leone's chimpanzees: The newly weds who set up a sanctuary

Covid-19: The Indian children who have forgotten how to read and write

ICYMI: Tank ballet, lederhosen and a brave swan

Afghanistan: The local people helping refugees in the UK

Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money?

Afghanistan: Why can't the UK hold Kabul airport without the US?

Robert F Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan granted prison release

Covid origin: US spy agencies publish 'inconclusive' report

Afghanistan: US to continue Kabul evacuations 'until last moment'

Kanye West: Kim Kardashian attends Donda event in wedding gown

Hurricane Ida: New Orleans braces for possible direct hit

Capitol riot: Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt reveals identity

Greenland island is world's northernmost island - scientists

French presidency: Michel Barnier joins race 'to change France'

Time's Up: Boss quits over ties to scandal-hit governor Andrew Cuomo

The Red Cross in Afghanistan: 'If we leave, who stays?'

Afghanistan airlift rescue: Thousands of refugees arrive at US airbase in Germany

Covid: Vaccine complications dwarfed by virus risks

Covid vaccine: More than half of Indian adults have had first jab

Jo Ferrari: Wanted Thai police chief surrenders after manhunt

Peloton cuts price of bike as sales growth slows

Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout

Supreme Court: Biden eviction moratorium shot down by Supreme Court

Covid-19: Florida doctor 'offered parents mask exemption letters for students'

Nigeria: Gunmen free kidnapped schoolchildren

Daniel Dias: History's greatest para-swimmer

Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too

Indian-American gay couples find new forms of union amid stigma

Why is there a chip shortage?

Africa's week in pictures: 20-26 August 2021

Afghanistan's economy in crisis after Taliban take-over

Afghanistan: Biden vows to complete evacuations despite airport attack

Kabul airport bomb attack leaves many casualties

Afghanistan: Former Royal Marine on the chaos at Kabul airport

Kabul airport attack: What do we know?

Afghanistan crisis: Who are Isis-K?

US judge reprimands Trump election fraud lawyers

New species of ancient four-legged whale discovered in Egypt

Young Afghan mayor who fled Taliban hidden in car

Nah he tweakin: What it means and why it's all over our timelines

Israel's Bennett seeks reset with US at first meeting with Biden

Stalin-era mass grave found in Ukraine

Mass brawl erupts in Armenian parliament: Third violent bout in just two days

Abba: Band teases major announcement ahead of new music

Letitia Wright treated for injuries after Black Panther 2 accident

Japan suspends 1.6 million Moderna doses over contamination fears

Australian farmer draws heart with sheep in tribute to aunt

South Korea becomes first major Asian economy to raise interest rates

Trial suggests malaria sickness could be cut by 70%

The real victims of mass crypto-hacks that keep happening

Why rent control isn’t working in Sweden

The hard men removing squatters in Spain

Kenya's Deputy President Ruto campaigns for 'Hustler Nation'

Afghanistan: 'The pain of watching my country burn from afar'

Afghanistan: The 'undefeated' valley an hour from Kabul

Gretchen Whitmer: Man sentenced over kidnap plot

Afghanistan: Taliban committed to post-deadline safe passage, US says

Leopard attacks model in German photoshoot

Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan returns to miserable time for women

Nirvana sued by the baby from Nevermind's album cover

Tears on the tarmac as Afghan journalist speaks to BBC

Landslides kill 15 in western Venezuela after heavy rains

India woman who accused MP of rape dies in self-immolation

Japanese rollercoaster shut as injuries investigated

Kanye West files to officially change name to Ye

Business still has time to help Afghans - AirBnB boss

Charlie Watts: Jagger and Richards pay tribute to Rolling Stones bandmate

Charlie Watts: The subtle magnificence of the Rolling Stones' drummer

China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum

Narayan Rane: India minister arrested over slap remark gets bail

Afghanistan: World Bank halts aid after Taliban takeover

US court rules asylum seekers must stay in Mexico

Haiti earthquake: Mother mourns daughter killed during christening

Biden: 'Taliban helping us get people out of Afghanistan'

Could this solar farm be a climate change solution?

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

Bilal Sarwary: 'In the city I loved, suddenly nowhere was safe'

Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record?

Tokyo Paralympics: The lowdown on being disabled in Japan

Can the US crack down on fake vaccination cards?

Afghanistan: 'The sooner we finish, the better,' says Joe Biden

US House approves Biden's $3.5tn domestic budget blueprint

How losing his sight spurred cyclist Steve Bate to the Paralympics

Convicted ex-Chadian leader Hissène Habré dies at 79

How are women in Afghanistan reacting to Taliban takeover?

R. Kelly trial: Woman says singer pressured her to have abortion

Russian toddler lost in woods for four days vows 'never again'

Mar Menor: Tonnes of dead fish wash up on Spanish lagoon's shores

Afghan basketball star welcomed by new team in Spain

Fire at Mexican offshore oil platform kills five

Afghanistan: Sandhurst Sisterhood helping female Afghan soldiers to flee

Afghanistan evacuation: Bittersweet relief for interpreter now in UK

Afghanistan: Why can't the UK hold Kabul airport without the US?

How Afghanistan rattled Asia and emboldened China

Ros Atkins on... Trump's Taliban deal

Kabul arrivals in the UK: 'We are the lucky ones'

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi halts UK launch plan

Kamala Harris accuses China of coercion and intimidation

Afghanistan: US under pressure over evacuation deadline

Hakainde Hichilema: Zambia's new president inspires African opposition leaders

Climate change: Europe's extreme rains made more likely by humans

VR helps Indians and Pakistanis visit their lost homes

The Angolan soldier who became a London pub legend

Proud Boys leader sentenced for burning Black Lives Matter flag

Afghanistan: US aims to complete evacuations by deadline

Israeli strikes on Gaza high-rises may be war crimes - Human Rights Watch

Mozambique 'tuna bond' scandal: Ex-President Guebuza's son on trial

Afghanistan: Foreign troops extension 'a clear violation' - Taliban

Storm Henri: Lightning strikes One World Trade Center

Hurricane Grace: Mexican man buries wife and five children killed in mudslide

Hours without food or water in Kabul airport 'hell'

Anti-Taliban resistance group says it has thousands of fighters

Joséphine Baker to be first black woman to enter France's Panthéon

Afghanistan: People at Kabul airport flee Taliban with just a suitcase

Barakat: First South African film in Cape Town's Afrikaans dialect

Afghanistan: The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Kabul airport

Tennessee: Drone video shows damage from flash floods

Chip giant's IPO hit by Beijing crackdown on business

Covid: Taiwan rolls out homegrown vaccine amid criticism

French match abandoned after player hit by bottle

Afghanistan crisis: 'Hey world, do you care what happens here?'

Afghanistan: 'Women should fight for the right to work'

Nord Stream 2: Russia must not use gas pipeline as weapon, says Merkel

Why a US military base became a centre for Chinese Covid conspiracies

Kamala Harris joins diplomatic charm offensive in South East Asia

Afghanistan: US orders civilian jets to join evacuation

Storm Henri makes landfall at Rhode Island

C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety

Afghanistan: Sport bodies call for emergency evacuation of female players

Covid: New Zealand pandemic strategy in doubt amid Delta spread

Afghanistan: Woman gives birth on US evacuation plane

Everly Brothers: US rock 'n' roll star Don Everly dies aged 84

Afghanistan: Where will refugees go after Taliban takeover?

Elaine Thompson-Herah runs second fastest time in women's 100m history

Kenya holds biggest ever animal census

Dorothy Butler Gilliam: 'I am not a maid, I am a reporter'

Algeria's desperate wildfire fight: Buckets and branches

Biden's week of blame and tumult after Kabul fall

Hurricane Grace kills eight as it rips through eastern Mexico

Hurricane Henri: US East Coast warned of significant damage

Afghanistan: US tells citizens to avoid Kabul airport

Nigeria's royal wedding: Private jets, glitz and glamour

Covid: Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters

Greece erects fence at Turkey border amid warnings of Afghan migrant surge

R. Kelly aide says he paid bribe for singer to marry Aaliyah

'I play carrom with my feet'

Africa's jihadists: What Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means

Week in pictures: 14 - 20 August 2021

Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming

Afghan crisis: Russia plans for new era with Taliban rule

Family of American taken by Taliban beg for return

Turmoil in Afghanistan hits close to home in America too

How Afghanistan's media is changing under Taliban rule

Afghanistan: The desperate scramble to escape

Ever Given: Cargo ship returns through Suez Canal it blocked

Poison algae may have killed California family, police say

Nine Afghan girl robotics team members safe in Qatar

Rafael Nadal: Spaniard ends 2021 season because of foot injury

'They will kill me': Desperate Afghans seek way out after Taliban takeover

Joe Biden to Americans in Afghanistan: 'We will get you home'

Sonny Chiba: Japan's martial arts star and Kill Bill actor dies of Covid at 82

Spain migrants: Sole survivor rescued in dinghy in Atlantic

China NPC: Three-child policy formally passed into law

BHP sacked 48 over sexual harassment and assaults at Australian mines

Afghanistan: Taliban 'tortured and massacred' Hazara minority

Facebook moves to protect Afghan users' accounts amid Taliban takeover

Covid: Sydney extends lockdown and puts two million under curfew

Britney Spears investigated over dispute with employee

What's behind the rising gun violence in the US?

New York officer rescues fallen man from subway train

'We felt free': Cubans remain defiant in face of protest crackdown

OnlyFans: Platform to ban sex videos after BBC investigation

Aaliyah albums streaming: 'Her influence is absolutely everywhere'

Africa's week in pictures: 13-19 August 2021

Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to door manhunt, report says

Amazon 'planning to open department stores in US'

Paralympics: Palak Kohli on preparing for Tokyo 2020

Quiz of the week: Rude place names and noisy ice-cream vans

Taliban and women: Kabul university student on fears for future

Drag Race UK queens on battles with Brexit and Covid

Zaki Anwari: Afghan footballer falls to death from US plane in Kabul

Afghanistan: Protesters wave national flag at Independence Day protests

The treacherous road to Kabul's airport

Belgium stabbing suspect won’t be charged over unborn baby’s death

Facebook reveals most-seen posts are inane questions, not politics

Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%

Russia names Golos monitor as 'foreign agent' ahead of election

Afghan interpreter begs PM for 'pathway to safety'

Apple censors engraving service, report claims

Afghanistan crisis: 'Many here will be deeply fearful for their future'

Tokyo 2020: First Covid case detected at Paralympic village

Former Netflix staffers charged for making $3m from insider trading

Haiti earthquake: The forgotten villages cut off from help

Afghanistan crisis: Biden says no American will be left behind

Afghanistan: Pakistan fences off from Afghan refugees

Tigray crisis: Ethiopian teenagers become pawns in propaganda war

Brazil hopes the world will get a taste for its favourite spirit

No help for these Haiti residents five days after earthquake

India's living dead: 'They stared at me like I was a ghost'

Algeria: The forest fires that led to an artist's lynching

Afghanistan: Joe Biden said chaos was 'inevitable'

IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds

Can the Paralympics bring lasting change?

Afghanistan: 'I feel lucky to leave but we must not forget those left behind'

'It was very emotional on the plane out of Afghanistan'

Afghanistan: Hard lessons to be learned for Nato, says Stoltenberg

Afghan crisis: Chaos as Europeans scramble to evacuate Kabul

R Kelly trial set to begin in New York

Aspirin may help treat aggressive breast cancer

Twitter tests 'misleading' post report button for first time

Taliban have been looking for me, says ex-Afghanistan bank governor

Lithuania says Belarus officers illegally pushed migrants over border

Afghanistan: National flag protesters in Jalalabad appear to be disrupted by gunshots

Cuba tightens control of internet after protests

Covishield: WHO flags fake jabs in India, Africa

Snake slithers out of spice shelves at Sydney supermarket

Covid: Australia's Qantas says all staff must be vaccinated

Haiti earthquake: Death toll reaches nearly 2,000

US left too quickly, says Afghan bank governor

US lab stands on threshold of key nuclear fusion goal

How technology in the air battles fires on the ground

The little-known human stories behind emoji designs

How latte art in South Africa led to a job from hell in Oman

Taliban victory will test India, and peace in South Asia

Afghanistan: Mysterious Taliban spokesman finally shows his face

Afghanistan: What's the impact of Taliban's return on international order?

California man sues after being startled by dumpster-diving bear

Afghanistan: Female Kabul resident fears for future under Taliban

Afghanistan: 'Was my role in Afghan War worth it?'

Sudoku: Maki Kaji, puzzle enthusiast, dies aged 69

Striking image captures Afghan exodus

Biden's speech on Afghanistan fact-checked

Afghanistan: Female presenters back on Tolo News after Taliban takeover

France wildfire: Thousands evacuated as blaze rages near Riviera

Israel battles huge wildfire near Jerusalem

New Zealand enters nationwide lockdown over one Covid case

Joe Biden on Afghanistan: 'I stand squarely behind my decision'

Bob Dylan denies sexually abusing girl in 1965

Images show decline of California's 'life source'

Peter Karlsson: The painful verdict on Swedish ice hockey player's 1995 killing

Just how hard is it to recycle a jumbo jet?

The Taliban storm across Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Will it become haven for terror with the Taliban in power?

Why is the Taliban's Kabul victory being compared to the fall of Saigon?

Afghanistan: UK has abandoned Afghan people, says senior MP

Biden defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Bezos sues Nasa over its deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX

US increases food stamp aid for poorer Americans

Twitter's new design to get fix after headache complaints

Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls the BBC - interview in full

Afghanistan: Why is there a war?

Afghanistan: In pictures: Kabul - a day after Taliban takeover

Tesla Autopilot: US opens official investigation into self-driving tech

How the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan in ten days

Afghanistan: Life in Kabul after the Taliban victory

Lebanon deadly petrol tank blast sparks protest at PM-designate's home

Venezuela opposition politician Guevara freed after talks

Tokyo Paralympics: Spectators will not be allowed at the Games

Chaos at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee Taliban

Afghans arrive in Delhi after Taliban take over Kabul

Afghanistan: 'Women won't be silenced by the Taliban'

Afghanistan: US takes control of Kabul airport to evacuate staff from country

Japan's economy bounced back ahead of the Olympics, data shows

Zambia election: Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema declared winner

Why is Israel demolishing homes in East Jerusalem?

India's dancing cop becomes internet star

There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants

Would you let a robot lawyer defend you?

Afghanistan conflict: As Kabul falls, Biden backlash grows

Nigeria's Kano state moves to ban mannequin heads on Islamic grounds

The zero-power sewage plant inspired by cows

Afghanistan: People flee Kabul as Taliban overrun cities

Canada election: Trudeau calls snap summer campaign

Roger Federer will be out 'for many months' as he prepares for further knee surgery

Will Taliban take country back to past, asks John Simpson

Afghanistan conflict: Taliban push into Kabul as president flees

Haiti earthquake: Rescuers search rubble for survivors

ICYMI: Little Amal the walking refugee puppet and Perseid meteor shower

Afghan conflict: Taliban enter outskirts of the capital Kabul

Germany football legend Muller dies aged 75

Taliban spokesman tells BBC they are 'awaiting a peaceful transfer of power'

Haiti struck by deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake

Independence Day: Key takeaways from PM Modi's speech

Afghan conflict: Taliban control all key cities except Kabul

'How I found out my dad was a best-selling sex writer'

Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?

'My night in notorious Nazi collaborator Quisling's cabin'

'This was a race and we lost': How US doctors really feel about Covid surge

Ethiopia: What do we know about aid going into Tigray?

Polish law on property stolen by Nazis angers Israel

Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps

Zambia election: President claims vote was not free and fair

Rahul Gandhi: Twitter restores Congress party member accounts

Japan floods: Residents rescued as torrential rain threatens homes

Afghan conflict: Taliban near Kabul and attack northern stronghold

Haiti: Many deaths feared after major 7.2-magnitude earthquake

Australia: New South Wales 'in worst ever Covid situation'

Sarah Rainsford on Russia: 'I've been told I can't come back - ever'

Afghanistan in serious danger - President Ghani

Japan rain: More than a million residents told to seek shelter

Nanci Griffith: Folk and country singer-songwriter dies aged 68

Nicki Minaj and husband Kenneth Petty sued by sex assault victim

Nicaragua: Police raid offices of La Prensa newspaper

Afghans living under Taliban lament loss of freedoms

Myanmar: The woman who jumped to her death while fleeing police

Viewpoint: Why Twitter got it wrong in Nigeria

Afghanistan: Diplomats hasten exit as Taliban near Kabul

Afghanistan: Journalist Anisa Shaheed refuses to give in to Taliban

Climate change: Does Germany produce double the UK's carbon emissions?

Afghan war: Kabul's young women plead for help as Taliban advance

BBC condemns Russia's decision to not renew correspondent's visa

US-Mexico border migrant detention levels reach 21-year high

Four Florida educators died of Covid within day of each other, says union

Turkey floods: Death toll near Black Sea rises to 27

Britney Spears' father steps down as conservator

Covid booster: US approves third jab for the immunocompromised

Lee Jae-yong: Samsung heir released from prison on parole

Lord of the Rings: Amazon moves show to UK from New Zealand

North Korea airs Olympics coverage days after it ends

Taliban claim capture of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city

Kiwi Chow: The filmmaker who took Hong Kong's protests to Cannes

Afghanistan: Desperation as thousands flee the Taliban

Afghanistan: How the Taliban gained ground so quickly

The murderous crime wave sweeping Israel's Arabs

Africa's week in pictures: 6-12 August 2021

365 dates: Indian serial dater Sunder Ramu still looking to meet his target

The fiendish new trick cyber-criminals are using to evade capture

Virtual reality: 'There's no max, there's no limit!'

US census: Hispanic and Asian-American driving US population growth

Wagner: Gaddafi's son faces arrest over Russian mercenaries

Life in a town taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan

Northern Turkey hit by severe flash flooding

Berlin embassy arrest: A case of old-school spying?

Brazil Congress expels lawmaker over murder charges

Covid: Germany fears thousands got saline, not vaccine from nurse

Turkish capital reels from violent protests against Syrians

Picasso masterpieces to go on sale in blockbuster auction

Wildfires rage in Algeria as heatwave hits North Africa

Tokyo Olympic gold medal replaced after first got bitten

Former K-pop star Seungri jailed for gambling and organising sex work

Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls

Hamas rocket fire a war crime, Human Rights Watch says

Afghanistan war: Veterans reflect on troops leaving country

China says crackdown on business to go on for years

Tourist helicopter crashes into Russian lake

Australian capital Canberra goes into snap lockdown

New Zealand borders to remain closed for rest of the year

Tokyo 2020: Meet Tokyo's youngest Olympic champion

Shell pays $111m over 1970s oil spill in Nigeria

Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds

How North American cities are bracing for more heatwaves

The shopkeeper saving his island from wildfires

Afghanistan war: Do the Taliban want to conquer or compromise?

Polish parliament passes controversial media bill

Italy may have registered Europe's hottest temperature on record

Afghanistan: The people fleeing the north for safety in Kabul

Johnny Depp's film festival awards insulting, domestic abuse charities say

Brazil's Bolsonaro defeated over printed ballot proposal

Instagram launches hate-speech 'limits' to hide abuse

Afghanistan war: President Ghani rallies army in Taliban-besieged Mazar-i-Sharif

Dozens trapped in massive India landslide

Woman in Sydney investigated for pretending to be a doctor

Briton suspected of spying for Russia arrested in Germany

Swiss embassy urges Chinese media to remove articles about scientist

China to ban karaoke songs with 'illegal content'

Michael Spavor: Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges

Kathy Hochul: Who is New York's first female governor?

Fenty Beauty: How make-up helped Rihanna become a billionaire

Zambia election: Young voters may hold the cards

Wildfires: How are they linked to climate change?

The illegal gold mines killing rivers and livelihoods in Ghana

Afghanistan war: Biden says he does not regret troop withdrawal

Wagner: Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed

Facebook removes anti-vax influencer campaign

Poland's ruling coalition frays on eve of key media vote

Cuomo resigns as New York governor

Algeria forest fires: Dozens killed in Kabylie region

I Am Legend screenwriter dismisses anti-vax claims based on film's plot

North Korea leaves hotline with South unanswered during military drills

Greece fires: Foreign teams join battle on Evia island

Afghanistan: Taliban seizure will challenge West - Gen Sir Nick Carter

Lionel Messi agrees Paris St-Germain deal after Barcelona exit - Guillem Balague

Princess Latifa: Campaign to free Dubai ruler's daughter disbanded

China elephants: 150,000 evacuated from path of trekking herd

TikTok named as the most downloaded app of 2020

China: Canadian citizen loses appeal against death penalty

Marburg virus: Man who died in Guinea found to have disease

Artificial Intelligence may diagnose dementia in a day

Malaysian singer dies of Covid days after giving birth

Apple defends new photo scanning child protection tech

Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter

Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew accuser files civil lawsuit in US

Olympic medals: An alternative table - with US 15th

Greece fires: PM apologises as blazes rage on Evia island

Biden's plan to tackle racism with roads

Why South Korean women are reclaiming their short hair

Fashion photographer: 'The world doesn't see this part of Afghanistan'

Afghanistan: Why is there a war?

Andrew Cuomo: Time's Up leader resigns over ties to governor

Friends narrowly escape flooding elevator

R. Kelly: Jury selection begins in singer's sex trafficking trial

Suspect in Nantes cathedral fire held over French priest's killing

Shishov case: Belarus leader Lukashenko denies link to dissident's death

Andrew Cuomo: Accuser Brittany Commisso says governor broke law

Thunberg calls out climate impact of fashion brands in Vogue interview

We For India: Stars unite to help Covid relief work in India

Climate change: Five things we have learned from the IPCC report