This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...

Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese national, while his local interpreter escaped unharmed. An Afghanistan-based ...

The U.S. secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in former President Joe Biden’s final hours in office in exchange for the release of an Afghan Taliban member in U.S. custody ...

Taliban control over Afghanistan stands today virtually unchallenged. No political or military force appears likely to remove Taliban rule for the foreseeable future. Reacting to the regime’s policies ...

“They’re in hiding, they’re in limbo, and President Trump campaigned about Afghanistan. … He started the end of the Afghan war and now he’s got to finish it. And that means bringing all ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Two Americans detained in Afghanistan were released in a prisoner exchange with the Taliban in the final hours of former President Joe Biden's time in office before President Donald Trump took ...

Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released. Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody in a prisoner swap ...

Two Americans have been released from Afghanistan, their families said Tuesday, as the Taliban announced a prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry ...

Jan. 21, 2025 In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in the United States on ...

Jos Buttler has been England's white-ball captain since 2022 England's match against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy next month should go ahead despite calls for a boycott, says captain Jos ...

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday ...