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In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, foreground, former Khmer Rouge head of state, sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 16
Justice
Last living member of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime tries to overturn genocide, war crimes charges
US Gen. John R. Allen, left, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, listens to US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, before a change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Former Amb to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker: ‘This is not a kinder and gentler Taliban’
Hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021.
Conflict & Justice
Afghanistan is under Taliban control. Women are worried about what it means for them.
Several US military personnel are show standing guard next to the runways of the Kabul airport with two large military vehicles in the distance.
Top of The World
A race to evacuate as Taliban asserts authority over Afghanistan