The U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks ended in failure after a costly and nearly 20-year war and effort to establish a democracy. Did it leave Washington forever wary of getting involved in such efforts again?
The United States has said that Iranian-backed militants attacked an air base in western Iraq, injuring U.S. and Iraqi personnel.
Belarusian security forces have moved migrants away from makeshift camps at the Polish border, but there was no room for many at a nearby warehouse that was filled to capacity. Bahadin Muhsin Qadir spoke in a video sent to RFE/RL on the evening of November 18.
An Iraqi Kurdish man told RFE/RL that the Belarusian police had forced him and other migrants to cut through the barriers on the Belarusian border with Poland. He sent RFE/RL a video message on the night of November 14-15. RFE/RL has hidden the man's identity for security reasons.
U.S. forces in eastern Syria came under rocket fire, with no reported casualties, in an escalation a day after the Pentagon said U.S. air strikes targeted facilities on the Iraq-Syria border used by Iran-aligned militias to attack U.S. interests in Iraq.
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, agreeing to hear an appeal filed by the administration of former President Donald Trump.
U.S. President Joe Biden says the air strike against an Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria should be seen by Tehran as a warning against any further aggressive actions.
President Donald Trump has warned Iran against any attack on U.S. military or diplomatic personnel in Iraq, days after suspected Iran-backed Iraqi militia launched a barrage of rockets at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.
A barrage of rockets has targeted Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, causing minor damage to the U.S. Embassy compound and residential areas in the international zone.
The United States is partially withdrawing some staff from its embassy in Baghdad as tensions with Iran and Iraqi militia groups spike.
Before he was president-elect, before he was vice president, Joe Biden spent decades in the U.S. Senate. And a good chunk of that tenure was spent globe-trotting and meeting leaders, dignitaries, royalty, and soldiers around the world.
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