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Abandoned by America and hunted by the Taliban, an Afghan fighter pilot faces new threats

By Jane Ferguson, Emily Kassie

Thousands of Afghans who worked with the U.S. military are trying to get visas promised to them when they took the jobs. Naiem Asadi was one of Afghanistan’s most celebrated military helicopter pilots who was trained by Americans to fight.

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Mexico president warns against false claims of open U.S. doors

By Associated Press

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also cited the recent massacre of 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan migrants, near the U.S. border, as justification for his policy of stopping Central American migrants at Mexico's southern border.

Despite Biden's push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Yemenis have suffered six years of bloodshed, destruction and humanitarian catastrophe, and they say it is too early to raise hopes in the new peace bid.

WATCH: U.S. sides with Britain on China's BBC ban

By Associated Press

"The (People's Republic of China) maintains one of the most controlled, most oppressive, least free information spaces in the world," he said.

China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move

By Associated Press

The BBC already is generally not viewable in China outside of some hotels, businesses and residential compounds for foreigners. It wasn't immediately clear if the ban would affect reception in those facilities.

India, China begin troop withdrawal from contested border

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

China and India are pulling back front-line troops from disputed portions of their mountain border where they have been in a standoff for months, both countries said.

Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration

By María Verza, Associated Press

In San Pedro Sula, Honduras' economic engine and the departure gate for thousands of Honduran migrants in recent years, families are caught in a cycle of migration.

AstraZeneca expects new version of its COVID-19 vaccine by fall

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

AstraZeneca said it expects to have a new version of its COVID-19 vaccine, as drugmakers respond to concerns about emerging variants of the disease that may be more transmissible or resistant to existing vaccines.

Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.

Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

A growing number of governments are curbing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and increasing economic pressure on its military over the coup last week that erased the fragile democratic progress in the long-oppressed Southeast Asian nation.