International

United States President Joe Biden on Friday allocated 15,000 refugee admissions from Latin America and the Caribbean “for special humanitarian concern” for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. 

Pope Francis expressed “shame” for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse within the church in France and acknowledged failures in putting the needs of victims first.

An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country's first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.

Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations has pulled out of delivering an address to world leaders at the General Assembly on Monday.

UN refugee agency says at least 35,400 Afghan refugees have arrived in Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan since January 1.

At least one person dead as Ida plunges New Orleans into darkness.

Dozens of California students and parents are stranded in Afghanistan after taking a summer trip to the country.

Taliban official says children among the dead, several other people wounded in explosions in Afghan capital.

Government says 48 hours of national mourning to be observed after 37 people are killed by suspected rebels.

Thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country thronged Kabul airport where five people were killed on Monday after Taliban fighters seized the capital, prompting the US military to suspend evacuations to clear the airfield.

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China’s factory activity growth slipped sharply in July as demand contracted for the first time in more than a year.

The China-led project has angered Bosnian officials, who argue it violates the state’s access to open waters.

Japanese capital registers nearly 3,000 new infections, bringing its total to more than 200,000 since the start of the pandemic.

Al Jazeera Media Network dubs closure of its office in Tunis a ‘troubling escalation’ that will impede coverage of events in the country.