Panic gripped Kabul on Sunday after the Taliban swept into the city and took over the abandoned presidential palace. The Afghan government has collapsed and the embattled president, Ashraf Ghani fled abroad with an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners. President Ashraf Ghani flew out of the country on Sunday afternoon as the insurgents closed in. The unfolding event signals the end of a two-decade-long U.S. and NATO campaign to restructure the country. Ghani...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration confirmed Thursday that it recognised Claude Joseph as acting prime minister of Haiti and it would help the Haitian National Police investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Administration officials emphasised the need for democratic elections this year. It has become clear that a power struggle was shaping up between Joseph and Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, appointed prime minister by Moïse the day before he was killed. Since the...