A woman has demanded compensation from health authorities in northern Spain after discovering she was mistakenly swapped at birth with another baby 19 years ago, local reports say. The woman was mixed up with a baby who was born on the same day in 2002 at a hospital in Logroño, south of Bilbao. Both babies… Continue reading Spanish Woman Sues After DNA Results Reveal Birth Swap Error_Ada Nkong

Why are you travelling without a mahram?" the Taliban guard asks a young Afghan woman about her missing male escort. She sits on her own in the back of a beat-up Kabul yellow taxi as it pulls up to the checkpoint marked, like all the others, by the white Taliban flag with black script. What… Continue reading Afghans Adjust to New and Uncertain Fate_Ada Nkong

A US drone strike near Kabul airport ended up killing 10 members of one family, including six children, surviving relatives have told the BBC. The 10 were killed when a car parked at their home was struck by an explosion on Sunday. The US military said it was targeting a vehicle carrying at least one… Continue reading US Investigates Civilian Deaths in Kabul Strike _Ada Nkong

The UK's final evacuation flight purely for civilians has left Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the Ministry of Defence has said. Further flights which leave will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board, it added. The head of the armed forces, Gen Sir Nick Carter, said it was "heartbreaking" they had not been able to rescue… Continue reading Final UK Plane Departs Kabul_Ada Nkong

There have been twin bomb attacks at Kabul airport targeting people desperate to flee the country after the Taliban takeoverExplosions took place outside the Abbey Gate - where US and British forces have been stationed - and at a nearby hotelA senior Kabul health official told the BBC more than 60 people had died and… Continue reading 12 US Soldiers Killed in Kabul Airport Attack_Ada Nkong

The US Supreme Court has ordered President Joe Biden to reinstate a policy of making asylum seekers stay in Mexico while claims are processed. The policy was put in place by his predecessor, Donald Trump, as part of his measures to restrict the number of asylum seekers entering the US. But Mr Biden suspended it… Continue reading US Court Rules Asylum Seekers Must Stay in Mexico_Ada Nkong

The UK has "hours now, not weeks" to evacuate people from Afghanistan, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace said troops would leave Kabul's airport when the US withdraws, which is due to happen on 31 August. At an emergency meeting of G7 world leaders on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask US President… Continue reading Afghanistan Evacuation: Hours Not Weeks for UK Final Flights_Ada Nkong

The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani “on humanitarian grounds” after he fled his country amid a Taliban takeover. Ghani’s whereabouts had been unknown after he fled Afghanistan at the weekend in the face of a sweeping advance by the Taliban. “The UAE Ministry of Foreign… Continue reading UAE Receives Ex Afghan President on Humanitarian Grounds_Ada Nkong

Frantic Afghans trying to flee the Taliban takeover clung to an American plane as it prepared to take off from Kabul airport, as thousands of people desperately searched for a flight out of the country on Monday. US troops fired shots into the air and all commercial flights were cancelled as chaos broke out on… Continue reading Panic Stricken Afghans Mob Airplane , Desperate to Escape_Ada Nkong