The United States will continue air strikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday, as the insurgents
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Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus
The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring Covid-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top
India pushes back against US human rights discourse
After the US said secretary of state Antony Blinken will raise the human rights issue during his visit to India this week, the government
US administers 340.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines
Pentagon says report that US approved Chinese drone for purchase ‘inaccurate’
US launches 2nd air strike in a week targeting Al-Shabaab
Venezuela says US military jet violated its airspace
Venezuela reported that a US “type C-17 heavy military transport” crossed into its airspace late Thursday for “a period of three minutes… making a
House votes to evacuate more Afghan allies as US war ends
US launches airstrikes to support Afghan forces, confirms Pentagon
US airpower has long provided Afghan forces with a tactical advantage against the Taliban — one that many fear will be eroded by the
Afghan interpreter for US Army beheaded by Taliban
Pardis was one of the thousands of Afghan interpreters who worked for the US military and now face persecution by the Taliban, as the
US launches air strikes in aid of embattled Afghan forces
US issues security alert for citizens in view of farmers’ protest in New Delhi
Covid-19 cases in US triple over 2 weeks amid misinformation
Joe Biden says getting vaccinated ‘gigantically important’
President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration Wednesday over the slowing Covid-19 vaccination rate in the US and pleaded that it’s “gigantically important” for Americans
How safe is the US president’s ‘nuclear football’?
The Pentagon’s watchdog said on Tuesday it would evaluate the safety protocols surrounding the president’s “nuclear football” – containing codes needed for a strike
Fauci, Paul clash on virus origins, trade charges of lying
Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting
US must stay vigilant about Delta variant: Biden
President Joe Biden has said that even though the United States has seen a dramatic drop in the number of Covid-19 deaths due to
Forecaster warns US could hit debt limit by fall
US bid to attract talent: Strategy to recruit, support and retain international students is needed, say education experts
Hot, gusty winds fanning flames of massive US wildfires
Gusty winds and dry, hot weather are increasing the size of dozens of wildfires scorching vast stretches of Oregon, California and other western states.
Joe Biden transfers 1st Guantanamo detainee to home country
The Moroccan prisoner, Abdullatif Nasser, who’s in his mid-50s, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in July 2016 but remained at Guantanamo
US peace envoy visits Islamabad as Pakistan-Afghan ties sour
Child tax credit starts hitting US families’ bank accounts
Facebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target US military personnel
Covid: Delta variants engulfs Southeast Asia with fastest-growing deaths
With a population about twice that of the US, the momentum of the region’s outbreak has now eclipsed previously hard-hit places like Latin America
US, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan announce new group for Afghan peace process
Huge fires rage in western US, Canada
More than a million acres of the western US and Canada were in flames on Wednesday as multiple blazes raged across the region, fueled
US Senate passes bill to ban all products from China’s Xinjiang
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act would create a “rebuttable presumption” assuming goods manufactured in Xinjiang are made with forced labor and therefore banned
US bid to attract talent: Opening statement at the subcommittee hearing
Biden pushes for voting rights law amid Republican opposition
President Joe Biden, under pressure from US civil rights leaders, said on Tuesday it is a “national imperative” to pass sweeping voting rights legislation