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Up to 17 missionaries and their family members were taken by gang members in the capital of a country where kidnappings have become increasingly common. Press Release Distribution Service

When a monument to those killed in the 2011 uprising was recently damaged, few took notice or even cared in a town, and country, where there is now more regret than a wish to remember. Press Release Distribution Service

Tons of dead fish have washed ashore in recent years from the Mar Menor, a once-crystalline lagoon on the Mediterranean coast that has become choked with algae. Farm pollution is mostly blamed. Press Release Distribution Service

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders paid their respects to David Amess, who was fatally stabbed while meeting with constituents. The police have a suspect in custody and said the attack was linked to Islamist extremism. Press Release Distribution Service

Lebanon’s capital thrives on its religious diversity, but sectarian tensions and memories of civil war lurk just beneath the surface. Press Release Distribution Service

President Emmanuel Macron of France is the country’s first head of state to attend an event marking the deaths, which officials ignored for decades. Press Release Distribution Service

A surge of U.S. troops restored order inside Kabul’s international airport a day after Afghans mobbed the runway in a frantic attempt to flee. President Biden defended his decision to pull out all American forces. Press Release Distribution Service

The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago in response to terrorism, and many worry that Al Qaeda and other radical Islamist groups will again find safe haven there. Press Release Distribution Service

In the years since the U.S. invasion toppled the Taliban, women and girls have done things that would have been unimaginable under their rule. But will those gains hold? Press Release Distribution Service

The Montenegrin leader says that an almost $1 billion Chinese-built highway approved by his predecessor has badly strained the country’s finances. Press Release Distribution Service

The Taliban’s rapid advance has made clear that U.S. efforts to turn Afghanistan’s military into a robust, independent fighting force have failed, with its soldiers feeling abandoned by inept leaders. Press Release Distribution Service

A magnitude 7.2 quake struck in the west of the country, flattening buildings and overwhelming hospitals. Press Release Distribution Service

The likely loss of two of the country’s cultural capitals — Kandahar in the south, and Herat in the West — is a devastating blow to the government. Press Release Distribution Service

With the Taliban sweeping across the country, U.S. officials say Kabul could fall in 30 days. Press Release Distribution Service

“This is more fun than I’ve had in a year.” In June, a long-term-care home resident experienced the joy of the outside world after nearly a year locked indoors because of coronavirus restrictions. Press Release Distribution Service

Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian communities looked past each other until violence and bloodshed forced a reckoning. Press Release Distribution Service

“‘Why do you think that, at 67, I would start a career as a dictator?’” President Kais Saied said in a meeting with The New York Times, quoting Charles de Gaulle. He vowed to preserve hard-fought rights. Press Release Distribution Service

Sports fans and officials in the country have no trouble seeing through the thin fiction of a doping-related ban on their national symbols at the Tokyo Olympics. Press Release Distribution Service