A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called "black site" beyond its borders.

#环球时报Editorial: From what happened in Afghanistan, those in Taiwan should perceive that once a war breaks out in the Straits, the island’s defense will collapse in hours and US military won’t come to help. As a result, the DPP will quickly surrender. glo…

Confirming audit companies are preparing the draft report to present to the senate team . Senate team will then review for accuracy and clarity for final report which will be released publicly twitter.com/nancygo2243237…

If you know that there's two factions inside the White House, then you know why it's gone silent. There's Team Biden (Klain/Psaki) & there's Team Harris/Obama. Both teams know: the 1st person to take the podium to talk about Kabul gets the blame. So they…

OPEC+ SEES NO NEED TO RELEASE MORE OIL INTO MARKET AT THE MOMENT BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY PLANNED DESPITE U.S. CALLS - FOUR OPEC+ SOURCES

OPEC+ SEES NO NEED TO RELEASE MORE OIL INTO MARKET AT THE MOMENT BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY PLANNED DESPITE U.S. CALLS - FOUR OPEC+ SOURCES

The UN Security Council has issued a statement on Afghanistan, in part calling for the "full, equal and meaningful participation of women" in a new government.

Here are the WH Afghanistan talking points Pelosi's office just sent around. They are not good: "The Administration knew that there was a distinct possibility that Kabul would fall to the Taliban. It was not an inevitability. It was a possibility." #facepalm

"I confirmed that had Biden decided to abandon the agreement negotiated by President Trump, the U.S. would have had to surge thousands of additional troops into Afghanistan. The 2,500 that Trump had left were not nearly enough." twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/st…

Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for a week after she wrote that vaccines are “failing.”

The acting US Ambassador to Afghanistan fled the country last weekend. Britain's ambassador is still in Kabul helping his nation's citizens get out. British diplomats full of contempt for lack of coordination by US govt.

Nearly a half dozen U.S. officials (across the administration) tell Reuters that there is increasing frustration and even anger with the way Biden has handled the evacuation from Kabul, saying his White House wasted too much time in the months leading up…

Unprecedented numbers of known or suspected terrorists have crossed the southern border in recent months, the outgoing Border Patrol chief said.