-
In New Zealand, it has been easy to forget Covid – now we are too complacent | Brian Ng
The country has been lulled into a false sense of security but the only way we’ll get through this is if we ar…
-
‘No second chances’: Can New Zealand beat Delta?
Jacinda Ardern has led a global Covid success story, but other countries have come unstuck when facing the Del…
-
‘No one wanted to come near us’: what it’s like being pregnant amid Fiji’s Covid outbreak
As Fiji battles to contain the coronavirus, pregnant women are having to give birth in isolationFor 34-year-ol…
-
Joe Biden gives update on situation in Afghanistan – video
President Joe Biden, rejecting criticism of his handling of the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan, has warne…
-
Afghanistan refugees: how many are being evacuated and where will they go?
The Taliban takeover has sparked a hurried exodus of people associated with the western intervention in the co…
-
Desperate crowds, empty flights and rage in Afghanistan at governments who failed to plan
The US and UK say evacuations are gathering pace, but there seems to be little sign of that in KabulThe Kabul …
- Afghanistan, Conservatives, Dominic Raab, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Dominic Raab insists he was right to delegate call with Afghan minister
Foreign secretary says need for the call while he was in Crete was ‘quickly overtaken by events’Dominic Raab h…
-
Why not all Islamist extremists are buoyed by the Taliban’s victory
Analysis: deep fault lines, especially with Isis, may counter Afghanistan’s propaganda advantage for jihadists…
-
Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as Malaysian prime minister
Constitutional monarch names deputy PM in coalition to take over following resignation of Muhyiddin YassinIsma…
-
Vladimir Putin warns west to stop meddling in Afghanistan
During ‘farewell summit’ with Angela Merkel, Russian leader says US-led campaign cannot be called a successVla…
-
Spain offers itself as hub for Afghans who collaborated with EU
Evacuees who have worked with EU institutions will arrive in Spain and then be settled in various countriesSpa…
-
Afghanistan: chaos and gunshots outside Kabul airport amid evacuations – video report
Tens of thousands of foreigners and Afghans who collaborated with US and Nato forces remain stranded in Kabul,…
- Afghanistan, Ben Wallace, Boris Johnson, Conservatives, Dominic Raab, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Joe Biden, Military, Ministry of Defence, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Too little, too late: why it was panic stations in Whitehall as Kabul fell
How the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan precipitated a political one at the heart of UK governmentOn Thursd…