Pakistani rulers are taking duplicitous leaves out of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s playbook. They are whipping up the “Islamic solidarity” rhetoric to appease public frenzy at home and at ...

Trump and Elon Musk hold a White House press event and a federal appeals court pauses a lower court block on tariffs.

A US senator has introduced a bill that would block President Donald Trump from using the American military in a conflict against Iran without explicit authorisation from Congress.

Since the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021 and the Taliban’s return to power, the people of Afghanistan inside the country and across the diaspora have been ...

The Taliban’s acting minister of commerce and trade, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, showed up at the Astana International Forum on May 30, bringing a message that Afghanistan is open for business. His pitch ...

A banner announcing Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada’s 2025 Eid al Adha message that was posted on the group’s El Emerah website. The emir of the ...

Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the extremist Islamic group has unleashed sweeping draconian policies to transform the nation into a more traditional society that espouses the ...

Using nostalgia on sports fans is such a dangerous game for teams out there. Especially when dealing with uniforms. As sports fans, these things are precious to us. Even the slightest ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

KABUL, June 1 (Reuters) - Russia has officially accepted the Taliban's nomination of an ambassador to Moscow, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, as economic and political ...

The top Taliban leader on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump's travel ban on Afghans, calling the United States an oppressor, as Afghanistan's rulers seek greater engagement with the ...