With hundreds of Afghans rushing the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport desperate to flee the return of the Taliban, a young Afghan woman stood in limbo between two worlds. In one world, Massouma Tajik would board a flight to a country she did not know, destined to become a refugee....

A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called “black site” beyond its borders. The woman, 26-year-old Wu Huan, was on...

The Latest developments on Afghanistan, where a Taliban blitz has taken large swaths of territory just weeks before the final pullout of American and NATO troops: BERLIN — The United Nations refugee agency says more than 550,000 people in Afghanistan have fled their homes due to the...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday while panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy as the militants' further tightened their grip on the country. Three Afghan officials told The...