A woman from the Afghan National Army salutes her commander.

Afghan Women Trained For Combat In Secret By U.S. Army

Now there are concerns for the women's safety, as the Taliban seizes more territory and the U.S. leaves Afghanistan.

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Internally displaced Afghan women and children in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Rahmat Gul / AP

U.S. Vows To Isolate Taliban If They Take Government Control By Force

0:26Rohingya refugees prepare to board navy vessels in Bangladesh.
AP

Bangladesh Begins Vaccinating Thousands Of Rohingya Refugees

3:08A man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia
Thodoris Nikolaou / AP

U.N. Report Says World Is Heating At A Dangerously Fast Pace

0:27Firefighters battle a blaze in Evia, Greece.
Petros Karadjias / AP

Massive Fire Rages Through Greek Island, Prompts More Evacuations

0:22Smoke spreads over Parnitha mountain during a wildfire in the village of Ippokratios Politia, Greece.
Lefteris Pitarakis / AP

U.N. Report Says Global Warming Is Nearing Limits

3:13Break dancer.
Scripps

Break Dancers Are Eager To Hit Olympic Stage In 2024

Afghan police officer inspects the car after the killing of Afghanistan's media chief.
Rahmat Gul / AP

Taliban Assassinate Afghan Media Chief In Kabul

Rescuers papare stretchers at Soshigaya Okura Station after stabbing on a commuter train
Kyodo News / AP

At Least 10 Passengers Injured In Stabbings On Tokyo Train

0:55Police officers stand guard outside a court Friday, July 30, 2021, in Hong Kong
Vincent Yu / AP

China Criticizes U.S. Offer Of Refuge For Hong Kong Citizens

0:20Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya holds up an Olympic-related T-shirt with the slogan "I Just Want to Run."
Czarek Sokolowski / AP

2 Belarus Coaches Removed From Olympics

0:25A Lebanese army soldier stands next to a rocket launcher placed on a pick up truck that was used by Hezbollah to fire rockets
Mohammad Zaatari / AP

Hezbollah Says It Fired Rockets After Israeli Airstrikes

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offers a wreath in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing
Kyodo News / AP

Hiroshima Marks 76th Anniversary Of U.S. Atomic Bombing

0:20An Israeli firefighter works to extinguish a fire caused by rocket fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory
Ariel Schalit / AP

Israel Launches Airstrikes On Lebanon In Response To Rockets

2:37Care provider administers vaccine
Luke Hanrahan

Vaccination Effort In U.K. Brings Relief

0:23Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Christophe Ena / AP

W.H.O. Chief Calls For Pause On COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots

0:25Fields burn following a hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory
Ariel Schalit / AP

Israel Responds After 3 Rockets Launched From Lebanon

A nurse takes swab samples in the new rounds of Covid-19 testing in Nanjing in eastern China
CHINATOPIX / AP

China Seals City As Its Worst Virus Outbreak In A Year Grows

0:37Vitaly Shishov, leader of the Kyiv-based Belarusian House in Ukraine.
Human Rights Center Viasna / AP

Leader Of Belarusian Exile Group Found Dead In Ukraine

Medical workers takes throat swab samples in new round of COVID-19 testing in Nanjing city.
Chinatopix / AP

China Orders Mass Testing in Wuhan Amid Delta Outbreak

A roll call on the roll call square in front of the camp gate of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen.
AP

German Court Sets Trial Date For Former Nazi Guard

Former workers who had been employed with U.S. troops at the Bagram airbase
Mariam Zuhaib / AP

U.S. To Evacuate Journalists, Aid Workers From Afghanistan

0:28Former workers who had been employed with U.S. troops at the Bagram airbase hold placards during a demonstration.
Mariam Zuhaib / AP

U.S. Expands Afghan Refugee Program Eligibility

Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes in the women's +87kg weightlifting
Luca Bruno / AP

Transgender Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard Makes History At Olympics

0:32Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Petr David Josek / AP

Poland Grants Visa To Belarusian Olympian Who Sought Asylum

0:16a man pushes a scooter through floodwaters in Xinxiang in central China's Henan Province
Dake Kang / AP

Death Toll Triples To More Than 300 In Recent China Flooding

Canada's Jessie Fleming, right, celebrates scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during a women's semifinal match.
Fernando Vergara / AP

Canada Upsets U.S. In Women's Soccer Semifinal

0:24A joint UN and INGOs team carries out a rapid response mechanism to people in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
UNICEF via AP

UN: 100K Children In Ethiopia's Tigray Region Face Deadly Malnutrition

0:28Tong Ying-kit, 23 years old, arrives at a court for the violation of China's new security law
Vincent Yu / AP

Hong Kong Protester Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison

0:31U.S. Marines speaking with Afghan villagers.
David Guttenfelder / AP

More Than 200 Afghans Arrive In U.S. On First Evacuation Flight

1:11migrants get on boats
Ivan Valencia / AP

More Cubans Flee To U.S. Amid Political Turmoil, Government Crackdown