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President Bolsonaro urges Brazil Senate to impeach high court justice

President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday asked Brazil's Senate to impeach a Supreme Court justice a largely symbolic move that shows he has little desire to ease tensions with the judiciary.

Afghanistan: Official Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown

Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents' official messages to Afghans and the world at large in 5 languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them

NATO foreign ministers call for end to Taliban violence in Afghanistan

NATO foreign ministers vowed on Friday to center their efforts on assuring the safe evacuation from Afghanistan of citizens from the alliance's member countries and allies

WHO asks experts to join virus advisory group to investigate Covid origins

The World Health Organisation has issued a call for experts to join a new advisory group to address the agency's attempts to further investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic

J&J CEO Gorsky to step down, company veteran to lead in 2022

Johnson & Johnson will replace Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky with another veteran company executive starting next year

Biles: ''I gave an outlet for athletes to speak up about mental health''

Simone Biles didn't plan for her second Olympics to become a flashpoint in the evolving conversation about the role proper mental health plays in all levels of sports.

Bidding war for British supermarket chain Morrisons heats up

Shares in British supermarket chain Morrisons spiked higher Friday after New York-based private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice trumped a previous offer for the company with a $9.5 billion bid

Japan imposes 'emergency' measures to curb Covid-19 infections

Much of Japan kicked in its government state of emergency to curb Covid-19 infections Friday, as well as a less stringent quasi-emergency, although worries remained about their effectiveness

Sydney extends lockdown, tightens restrictions to fight Covid outbreak

Sydney's lockdown was extended throughout September on Friday and tougher pandemic restrictions were imposed, including a curfew and compulsory mask wearing outdoors.

Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden will get Covid-19 booster shot

President Joe Biden says he and his wife will get a Covid-19 booster shot, following their first two doses in December

Joe Biden says Taliban have not changed; now in 'existential crisis'

President Joe Biden says the Taliban have not changed but are going through an existential crisis about whether they want legitimacy on the global stage as they've taken over Afghanistan

Mental health advocacy part of post-Olympic tour, says Simon Biles

Simone Biles didn't plan for her second Olympics to become a flashpoint in the evolving conversation about the role proper mental health plays in all levels of sports

Taliban marks Afghan independence Day as challenges to rule rise

The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring it had beaten 'the arrogant of power of the world' in the United States

Afghanistan: Russia was ready for Taliban's win due to longtime contacts

Russia was ready for the rapid developments after working methodically for years to lay the groundwork for relations with the group that it still officially considers a terrorist organisation

What is being done to distribute Covid-19 vaccines globally?

Several groups are working to get shots to poor countries, but they're falling far short of what's needed to curb outbreaks around the world

Misread warnings helped lead to chaotic evacuation in Afghanistan

The intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks that could have been used for evacuations and spurring a foreign policy crisis

US urges over 150 world leaders not to come to UN over Covid-19

The US is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader to consider giving a video address instead to prevent the annual high-level week from becoming 'a super-spreader event'

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani releases video, first since fleeing Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday defended his decision to flee Kabul in the face of the Taliban advance, describing it as the only way to prevent bloodshed.

American troops can't escort Afghans to Kabul airport: US defense secretary

Austin said securing the airport is the paramount mission right now and he doesn't want to do anything to detract from that

NATO to hold emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Afghanistan

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he will chair an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the 30-nation military alliance on Friday to discuss developments in Afghanistan