Nine activists and lawmakers were sentenced to prison terms Friday for their participation in the 2019 anti-government protests.

As a young teen, Najat Hamza fled Oromia, a regional state of Ethiopia, with her father to live in America. At StoryCorps, she spoke about what it means to leave “the familiar” behind.

The U.S is withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan to focus on more urgent foreign policy priorities.

President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan raises questions about whether the Afghan government and the Taliban will work a political deal or keep fighting on the battlefield.

Raul Castro is expected to step down as head of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party at the party’s Congress beginning today. But that doesn’t mean Cuba’s one-party-system is likely to see any big changes.

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and eight other activists were sentenced for their role in anti-government protests nearly two years ago. They are the latest to be imprisoned as Beijing cracks down.

The Afghan military remains heavily dependent on U.S. equipment, training and money. It’s far from clear how effective this U.S. assistance will be once American troops are gone.

President Biden meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday, his first in-person summit since taking office. Talks are expected to focus on shared concerns about China.

Central California is home to a large population of Sikh Punjabi farmers who say this year’s harvest festival, Vaisakhi, holds complicated feelings amid months-long farmer protests in India.

Between 16,000 and 20,000 people were evacuated from the area around the volcano on St. Vincent. Some evacuees are with family and friends; others are fleeing the island entirely.

The Supreme Court has approved an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro’s pandemic response. Doctors Without Borders says the country’s approach has led to a “near collapse of Brazil’s health system.”