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A rumor circulating online in December 2025 claimed that throughout 2025, and specifically on Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the ...

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops. But as U.S. forces were withdrawing ...

Fiber-optic internet and mobile data services across Afghanistan were down on Tuesday with no immediate explanation from the Taliban government. However, there is concern that the Taliban are ...

I had to react to this hilarious comment confusing George Călinescu, a famous Romanian literary critic who passed away decades ago, with someone who could ban TikTok today. In this video, I clear up ...

People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions. By ...

President Donald Trump expanded his administration’s travel ban to several more countries on Tuesday, including barring Palestinians from entering the United States. The Presidential Proclamation said ...

President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected by the sweeping set of immigration ...

A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city's film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall, AFP journalists saw Thursday. Built in the 1960s, the Ariana was pillaged ...