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Taliban Welcome Aid, Push Back Against US Criticism on Interim Government

Decades of conflict, severe drought and the coronavirus pandemic have pushed poverty-stricken Afghanistan to the brink

4 Former Police Plead Not Guilty in George Floyd Civil Rights Case

Prosecutors allege that the officers violated Floyd's rights while he was in their custody on May 25, 2020

Firing Ignites Charges of Political Pressure at Slovenia's Public TV

Questions arise whether country is following Poland and Hungary on a path toward media censorship

UN Probe Finds Uptick in Fighting, War Crimes 10 Years Into Syrian Conflict 

Conditions in Syria look increasingly bleak with intensifying violence, a plummeting economy and widespread transmission of COVID, investigators find

Somali President Appoints Commission to Investigate Death of Female Spy

US Justice Department Limits Use of Chokeholds, No-Knock Warrants by Federal Law Enforcement

Attorney General Garland says limits aim to build trust between law enforcement and the community

During Visit, Pope Reaches Out to Slovakia's Roma

Russia Fines Social Media Giants for Not Deleting Banned Content

The moves are the latest in what critics call a Kremlin effort to quell dissent

US Inflation Eased in August, Labor Department Reports

In the last year, consumer prices are up 5.3%, a slight improvement over the annualized figures from June and July

Guinea's Junta Begins Meetings to Form Transitional Government

Uganda Drops Money Laundering Charges against Human Rights Lawyer

Apple Plugs 'No-Click' Phone Hack Attributed to Pegasus Spyware

Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action