UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has  said horrifying reports have emerged that the Taliban have severely restricted the rights of women.

In Japan, torrential rain continued to trigger floods in wide areas of southwestern part.“Shinknsen” super-express trains temporarily suspended,

US is in a heightened threat environment," fuelled by factors that include violent extremists motivated by racial and ethnic hatred.

Afghan President Ghani has said the country is in serious danger of instability and he will not give up the “achievements” of the last 20 years. 

Hundreds of firefighters battled Thursday to contain new flare-ups in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece.

A  former Pakistani Senator has accused his country’s generals of “fully supporting” the terrorist group in Afghanistan.