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Taliban spokesmen say they will allow women to participate in the country they plan to run, unlike their harsh treatment of women and girls in the past. But many are skeptical.

Rep. Steve Chabot questioned whether allies still trusted and enemies still feared the United States after a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the Taliban in control and gave China a foothold in the region.

Hurricane Grace made landfall early Thursday morning just south of Tulum, Mexico.

Chaos is erupting across Afghanistan Thursday as Taliban fighters have been caught on video opening fire on crowds waving Afghan flags and celebrating the country’s Independence Day.

Top foreign policy experts warned Wednesday that China is looking to profit from what critics are calling the U.S.' disorganized and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Ashraf Ghani, the exiled president of Afghanistan, claims he was "expelled" and "would have been hanged" had he remained in the country instead of leaving, according to a report.

Tensions have been growing over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical depression.

A senior Taliban commander on Wednesday laid out the broad strokes of how Afghanistan will be governed after the stunning fall of Kabul, saying there will be an Islamic government with Sharia law and no democratic system “at all.”

Biden administration officials appear to have been caught flat-footed by the Taliban’s rapid capture of Kabul as the Pentagon and State Department race to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan.

Supporters of al Qaeda and other extremist social media accounts posted triumphant messages this week after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, sparking renewed concerns that the country could function as a haven for terror groups following the impending U.S. withdrawal.

PHOTOS: US Troops in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in the country.

At least two more U.S. officials at the American embassy in Berlin, Germany, have sought treatment in recent weeks for symptoms of the mysterious "Havana syndrome," according to a report.

Members of the Taliban were mocked by social media users over a video appearing to show them trying to use a weight room in the president palace after they captured Kabul.

A Pakistan International Airlines pilot who flew one of the last civilian flights out of Kabul over the weekend is now opening up about his harrowing story of escape, reportedly saying that he feared his passengers and crew “could be used as hostages” if they stayed in Afghanistan any longer.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his country will accept an additional 5,000 refugees from Afghanistan, potentially leading to up to 20,000 Afghans being taken in over the next few years.

The head of the 10-foot non-venomous diamond python emerged through a space in a shelf above the spice jars in the Sydney store.

One person has been killed and six others are reported wounded Wednesday as videos are emerging of the Taliban violently breaking up a protest in eastern Afghanistan.

Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani made a snap decision to flee the country last weekend, doing so without the assistance of U.S. officials as Taliban insurgents entered Kabul, a well-placed source who spoke to bodyguards at the presidential palace told Fox News on Tuesday.

Vowing that they will not “harm innocent civilians,” the Taliban have started to collect guns and ammunition from Afghan civilians in Kabul, a report said.

Iran continues to produce uranium metal, which can be used in the production of a nuclear bomb, the United Nation's atomic watchdog confirmed Tuesday, in a move that further complicates the possibility of reviving a landmark 2015 deal with world powers on the Iranian nuclear program.