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(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden unveiled the new policy

Taliban Ramp Up on Social Media, Defying Bans by the Platforms  The New York Times Afghanistan Taliban long have used Twitter, WhatsApp as propaganda, governance tools  The Washington Post US Sanctions on Afghanistan Complicated by Taliban Averse to Banks  Bloomberg Opinion | Leaving

The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs  CNN Afghanistan: Pakistan fences off from Afghan refugees  BBC News What Pakistan Stands to Gain From the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan  TIME Afghanistan May Turn China’s Belt and Road

Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Visit of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel  Whitehouse.gov Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to visit White House later this month  POLITICO Biden to welcome new Israeli leader to White House | TheHill  The Hill

With 33 athletes in 11 different sports, the Israel Paralympic Committee is hoping to improve on its Rio medal haul at the Tokyo Games this year

Shmuel Silverberg, 19, identified as victim; police say murder does not appear to be a hate crime, though they aren’t ruling out the possibility

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. troops do not currently have the capability to help people reach Kabul airport to be evacuated from Afghanistan because they are focused on securing the airfield, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on

Agency officials issued a final ruling on Wednesday saying chlorpyrifos can no longer be used on the food that makes its way onto American dinner plates. The move overturns a Trump-era decision. (Image credit: MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle vi/MediaNews Group via

A study released by Jewish Women International says that shelter, acknowledgment, legal services and support for survivors of violence are inadequate across all denominations

The Associated Press says the U.S. has written to more than 150 countries to urge them not to participate in person to avoid spreading the coronavirus.