International

US: For nearly six years, Andrea Haberman’s ashen and damaged wallet lay mostly untouched in a drawer at her parents’ Wisconsin home, along with a partly melted cell phone, her driver’s license, credit cards, checkbook and house keys.…

US: The remains of two people who died in the September 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center were positively identified this week, as officials continued the difficult and heart-wrenching task of returning victims to their…

AFGHANISTAN: The first international commercial flight since the end of the chaotic western airlift from Afghanistan last month took off from Kabul airport on Thursday with more than 100 passengers on board, officials said. “We…

NIRTH KOREA: North Korea celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its foundation with a night-time military parade in the capital, state media reported on Thursday, publishing photographs of marching rows of personnel in orange hazmat suits…

Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals that start this week and attract huge crowds, warning that a new COVID-19 wave had already begun in the financial capital, Mumbai. State governments across the country…

Since the early stages of the pandemic, people have claimed supplements like zinc, vitamin D and melatonin can help treat and prevent COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated or…

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday during a briefing that President Biden’s administration is “not going to allow” charter flights with unvetted passengers from Afghanistan to land on American military bases, due to…

The Taliban in Afghanistan have named a new interim government led by hardliners as the group pledges to implement a strict Islamic rule over the country of roughly 40 million. The new cabinet of the freshly restored Islamic Emirate of…

Pfizer’s top scientist defended the dose of the active ingredient in the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is lower than in Moderna’s vaccine. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has 30 micrograms of mRNA, while Moderna’s has 100…

VIETNAM: Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for five years for breaking strict COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, state media reported. Le Van Tri, 28, was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious…