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Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under Stress
KABUL, Afghanistan — Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital crib amid the mewling of desperately ill infants…
More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy Collapses
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — From their hide-out in the desert ravine, the migrants could just make out the white lights of…
Myanmar Is Mired in Conflict and Chaos a Year After a Coup
In the days after the military in Myanmar seized power on Feb. 1 last year, millions of people took to…
Ash From Tonga Volcanic Eruption Still Poses a Threat
Many people in Tonga evaded the powerful waves set off by an undersea volcanic eruption, in some cases by sprinting…
Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice.
He was already preparing to leave when the gunfire erupted without warning. The soldiers were shooting at civilians and burning…
Taliban and 9/11 Families Fight for Billions in Frozen Afghan Funds
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice for…