Authorities issued evacuation orders as the Dixie Fire, the second-largest in California's recorded history, burned toward the city of Susanville in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's spokesman, said there would not be reprisals against foreign nationals under Taliban rule and that women would be allowed to work 'in accordance with Shariah law.'

Years of drought have severely depleted the reservoirs that feed the Colorado River, and deeper restrictions on water use are expected. 'Additional actions will likely be necessary in the very near future,' a senior official said.

The defense team for the former head of state for Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime’s defense team argued that his genocide conviction should be overturned.

New Zealand will participate in a three-day lockdown in parts of the county and a seven-day lockdown in one particular area after the country's first possible reported case of the Delta variant.

Tropical Storm Grace made its way across Haiti, drenching the region in rain, pummeling towns and villages, and bringing flash floods. This comes as the country was already reeling from a devastating earthquake.

President Biden addresses the crisis in Afghanistan following the collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban.

António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General, voiced concern over accounts of human rights violations in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and fears that its seizure of power would bring 'a return to the darkest days' for Afghan women and girls.

People sought shelter in tents and rescuers sifted rubble for survivors and bodies after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 1,300 in western Haiti on Saturday. Tropical Depression Grace threatened further harm to the country this week.

Mayor London Breed announced some of the nation's most stringent restrictions on unvaccinated people, barring them from indoor venues like bars, restaurants, gyms and large concerts. Workers of these establishments have until Oct. 13 to prove that they are fully vaccinated.