Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday, sending shock waves through the UK and the world. Her oldest son has taken the throne. The House GOP is vowing to change Washington’s approach to China. What do Republicans say about taking back the majority and countering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? To assess how a Republican-led Congress would…

The Taliban said on Sunday that it will no longer allow further evacuations of Afghans, and that women will be barred from traveling abroad without a male chaperone. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghans will not be allowed to leave the country without a clear destination and valid reasons, citing reports of Afghans living…

VANCOUVER—Over 200 Afghan refugees have arrived in Vancouver, the most to reach the province since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August. Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister responsible for refugees, says the latest arrivals are among a total of 7,000 refugees that have now been airlifted to various parts of Canada. He says 161 of…

MADRID—Spain’s defense ministry has completed the evacuation of another 160 Afghans who had initially been left behind following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The new group joins the 83 people Spain flew into an air base near Madrid on Monday. The defense ministry said that the mission was able to extract the Afghan workers and…

A former British minister told the UK Parliament on Monday that one of the Afghans he is seeking to help has been shot, another raped and a third person tortured. The opposition Labour Party’s Chris Bryant told the Commons he had raised 143 cases of Afghans connected with his constituency with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab,…

OTTAWA—The Canadian military will begin wrapping up its mission at Kabul airport ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline the United States set for ending the mission, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday. Sajjan said that’s because the United States is leading the mission and providing security and so its forces, some 6,000 personnel, must be…

DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country for 10 days on their way to a third country at the request of the United States, the Gulf Arab state’s foreign ministry said on Friday. “The evacuees will travel to the UAE from the Afghan capital of…

There are more questions than answers about the likely thousands of Afghans who are coming to Wisconsin. The Pentagon on Tuesday said 22,000 Afghan refugees will be sent to military bases in Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Wisconsin base is Fort McCoy. Gov. Evers said he will welcome the Afghans. “Just as they protected us…

Frankfurt—Afghans who arrived in Germany on Wednesday described chaotic and terrifying scenes at Kabul airport before they were evacuated to safety and said they feared for the lives of loved ones they left behind. Speaking shortly after landing in Frankfurt on a flight from Tashkent, men, women, and children said they were part of a…

WASHINGTON—Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked with Afghan citizens have been hastily purging their websites, removing articles and photos that could endanger the Afghan civilians who interacted with them and now fear retribution from the Taliban. The online scrubbing campaign appeared to begin late last week when it became clear that the…