Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez, described what happened in Afghanistan as the horrifying result of many years of policy and intelligence failures.

The death toll from the major earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti last weekend has jumped to nearly 2,000.

Rescuers step up search operations to save survivors trapped under the buildings razed to the ground by a recent deadly earthquake, as an approaching storm is expected to wreck more havoc on the Caribbean country.

The death toll from Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to nearly 1,300 on Sunday.

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti has risen to 724 as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors.

Haiti's quake death toll rises to 304 as rescue workers continue operations to find survivors.

The Afghan city of Mazar Sharif has fallen to the Taliban, marking the complete loss of Afghanistan’s north to the militant group.

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday has jumped to 227, the country's civil protection agency said, having initially reported 29 deaths.

Haiti will hold a presidential election on November 7, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last month, which threw the country into political chaos.

Haiti's newly-appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his government plans to establish conditions for holding long-delayed elections as soon as possible, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month.