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U.S. cannot say how many Afghan refugees it has received, situation ‘fluid’

By Andrea Shalal and Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior U.S. official on Tuesday could not say how many Afghans (More…)

Oil up 3% on stronger demand outlook; Mexican oil rig outage

By Jessica Resnick-Ault

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose 3% on Tuesday, extending sharp gains on a bullish demand outlook (More…)

U.S. data show rising ‘breakthrough’ infections among fully vaccinated

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some 25% of SARS-CoV-2 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated (More…)

Russian army patrol rebel enclave in Syria to avert offensive, sources say

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

AMMAN (Reuters) – Russian forces moved into an opposition enclave in the Syrian city of Deraa on (More…)

UN refugee agency presses Poland to help migrants on Belarus border

WARSAW (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and rights groups urged Poland on Tuesday to offer medical and legal support (More…)

Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

By Abraham Achirga and Libby George

TEGINA, Nigeria (Reuters) – After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children (More…)

Taliban take over some U.N. premises, curb movement -U.N. report

By Ned Parker and Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Taliban fighters have taken over some U.N. compounds in Afghanistan, (More…)

‘Trying to survive’: Scrap metal recycling brings cash in Haiti post-earthquake

By Laura Gottesdiener

LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – After a devastating earthquake leveled tens of thousands of homes in Haiti, (More…)

Tennessee flooding was more destructive than first estimated

By Rich McKay

(Reuters) -The weekend flooding in Tennessee that killed at least 21 people was more destructive than originally (More…)

Taliban says no evacuation extension as G7 meets on Afghan crisis

(Reuters) – Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an (More…)