INTERNATIONAL

The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and… Read more

WASHINGTON  — America’s top general said the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning… Read more

Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. The… Read more

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani slipped out of his country Sunday in the same way he had led it in recent years — a lonely and isolated figure.

Ghani… Read more

Here’s what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back… Read more

ISTANBUL  — The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in coastal Turkey has climbed to at least 44, the country’s emergency and disaster agency… Read more

EILAT, Israel — The Red Sea reefs off the Israeli resort of Eilat host some of the greatest coral diversity on the planet.

A symphony in splendid… Read more

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive… Read more