Pulitzer Prize winner Massoud Hossaini may have been injured during attack on American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday.
The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital.
Refugee arrivals have again increased in Greece and thousands remain stuck in camps uncertain of their futures.
President Barack Obama wants to close the international detention center.
The German chancellor came fourth in a ranking of politicians over voter backlash to her refugee policy.
Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that the refugee crisis has worsened in 2016.
The group is believed to be confined to three or four of the over 400 districts in Afghanistan.
Cold pills contain pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient of meth, a highly addictive drug whose ever-soaring popularity is rattling governments across Asia.
Two faculty members were abducted at gunpoint from a road near the university in Kabul Sunday evening.
A lawmaker in the Southeast Asian country filed a resolution seeking to bar Trump from entering the country following his speech calling the Philippines a “terrorist nation.”
Photographs that came to light on Saturday show an American portable rocket launcher, radio, grenades and other gear, as well as the identification card of a U.S. Army soldier.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a freedom of information lawsuit last year, asking the Obama administration to make its policy on drone strikes abroad public.
Ties between the two countries have been frayed over mutual displeasure at each other's approach to tackling Islamist groups.
The billionaire investor campaigned alongside the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in his home state of Nebraska.
Arizona senator John McCain issued a statement about Trump's comments against family of U.S. soldier Humayun Khan.
There were also widespread reports of power outages in Kabul after the blast, with electricity cut off in several areas of the city.
Kidnapping is weapon against its enemies, the leader of Al Qaeda said.
The Hazara community of Afghanistan had organized the protest to demand a multimillion dollar regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province of Bamyan.
Carson was meeting with Republican delegates from Florida Tuesday when the former neurosurgeon said it was “the height of absurdity” for people to question the definitions for man and woman.
Large-scale police raids targeting immigrants have led to protests in Germany as officials worry about terrorism threat.
"I’m not politically correct, and I hate political correctness," Carson said. "It’s time for us to stand up and shout out about what we believe in."
A top German security official said the teen Afghan refugee, who attacked train passengers in Germany’s Würzburg city, may have been self-radicalized.
