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As America leaves Afghanistan, there remains the possibility of a humanitarian disaster. Feeding millions of people is a top priority of the United Nations’ World Food Program, whose executive director, David Beasley, negotiated with Taliban leaders in Qatar last week

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Despite American presidents and military leaders providing years of positive assessments that the U.S. was winning the war in Afghanistan, behind the scenes there were clear warnings of an unsuccessful end. Those stories of failure, corruption and lack of strategy

Millions of Americans spend weeks recovering from heart surgery and other operations to repair brain and bone injuries every year. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Chicago, researchers are working on a novel approach to aid in

Sinai Unit will include 45 undercover officers who will target hotspots and organized crime in violence-plagued Arab communities throughout country

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With the final U.S. troops gone, triumphant scenes were clouded by the prospect of famine and financial collapse. The Taliban spokesman called for international engagement.

In address to nation as US completes Afghanistan withdrawal, president says he was not prepared for evacuation to become a ‘forever exit’

A former British soldier has launched a plan to save 400 Afghan nationals and has called on the government to “make a decision” after claiming he was left stranded in the country when his visa failed to be approved.

A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world’s biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as “Big John”, with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday. The triceratops is among