Plus “The Original” by Nell Stevens and “The Hounding” by Xenobe Purvis.

Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country’s convoluted politics, Åsne Seierstad's "The Afghans" follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the ...

July’s wave of unprecedented removals was triggered by the Israel-Iran conflict, but it’s part of a trend that stretches back ...

Noor Mohammad Saqib, the Taliban’s Minister for Religious Affairs, referencing what he called a “special decree” from ...

Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable ...

These three history books are worth reading this summer, from a Northern Kentucky WWII soldier's letters to a book on William Howard Taft.

Among the books flagged for possible removal were “The 1619 Project” and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland.

As Palestinians continue to die of severe hunger, a former Israeli official explains what the latest plan is really meant to achieve.

On Aug. 15, 2021, I was only 15 years old, preparing for my chemistry exam. I was sitting in class when suddenly a teacher came into the room and told ...

A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their ...

For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners ...

The former interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan was detained on July 15 despite having been approved for humanitarian ...