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The Taliban has declared that Afghanistan is under their control after they took over the presidential palace just hours after president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The Islamist militants encountered no resistance as they took back power t…
Leaders from the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada have reacted to the news that the Taliban has begun taking control of Kabul after a 20-year mission to Afghanistan led by western countries. UK prime minister Boris Johnsons said, ‘we don’t wan…
Crowds have packed the tarmac at Kabul airport in a bid to flee the Afghan capital as Taliban insurgents began taking over the city. Insurgents took control of the presidential palace. Al Jazeera showed footage of what it said were Taliban commanders i…
More than a million people have been urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one dead and two missing. Scientists say the climate crisis is intensifying the risk of heavy rai…
A famous elephant herd wandering in south-west China is finally heading towards home.The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants crossed the Yuanjiang River in Yuxi City, Yunnan province, on Sunday night, a progress that the provincial government described as …
The Taliban has captured an Afghan provincial capital after pleas for reinforcements by local security forces went unheeded, in a major blow to the western-backed government.Officials in the city near the border with Iran said that government…
More than 1,100 homes in North Korea were damaged, thousands of people evacuated and farms and roads washed away after days of heavy rains brought flooding, state media reported.North Korea floods damage more than 1,000 homes, state media rep…
The Guardian is among 20 UK media organisations demanding visas for those who helped them report from AfghanistanDear prime minister and foreign secretary,We are a coalition of British media organisations who have led the reporting from Afghanistan ove…
Hong Kong research suggests less time outdoors and more doing ‘near work’ accelerates short-sightednessCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSpending more time indoors and on screens because of Covid restrictions may be linked to …
A massive landslide in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh in India has led to a road collapsing down the side of a mountain. The footage, captured on 30 July, has been widely shared on social media and Indian news channels. It is not cl…
Thousands of shelters in Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh have been flooded after heavy rainfall battered the region for more than a week, deepening the despair among those living there. The flooding has affected large parts of the Ku…
A sandstorm has swept across Dunhuang City in China’s Gansu Province, reducing visibility to just five metres, according to the regional meteorological department. Videos show the wall-like sandstorm covering urban areas and highways. It is believ…
Video captures the moment a huge rockfall hit the Sangra valley in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, destroying a bridge, cars and killing at least nine tourists.India floods: rescuers search for survivors among mud an…
Five members of a Hong Kong union behind a series of children’s books about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village have been arrested for sedition. The arrests were made by the new national security police unit, which is und…
Dramatic footage shows the moment an aluminium plant exploded in China’s central Henan province after a record-breaking rain storm. Local government officials said Dengfeng Power Group’s plant exploded when flood waters from a nearby river breached a w…