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July 22, 2021 at 8:15 am

House votes to evacuate more Afghan allies as US war ends

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to allow in thousands more of the Afghans who worked alongside Americans in the Afghanistan war, citing the urgency of...

FILE – In this Wednesday, April 17, 2019 file photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The Biden administration has transferred a detainee out of the GuantÃ(degrees)namo Bay detention facility for the first time, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommended for discharge. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WX101 WX101

July 19, 2021 at 4:04 am

In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home

The administration took a step toward shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for terror suspects Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country...

July 14, 2021 at 9:40 pm

Afghanistan’s neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area

American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any...

July 12, 2021 at 11:28 am

The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars

The nearly 20-year American combat mission in Afghanistan was the United States' longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably...

July 12, 2021 at 11:17 am

Afghan vet: ‘What have we ended up with at the end of it?’ VIEW

Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan,...

FILE – In this Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as he attends the Saudi Cup award ceremony during the final race of the $20 million, the Saudi Cup, at King Abdul Aziz race track in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Top Biden administration officials on Tuesday, July 6, hosted a brother to Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in the highest-level such visit known since the U.S. made public intelligence findings linking the crown prince to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) WX105 WX105

July 6, 2021 at 9:58 am

US hosts high-level Saudi visit after Khashoggi killing

Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister and the brother of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, was to meet with several U.S. officials in...

June 27, 2021 at 12:17 am

Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations VIEW

ROME (AP) — Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister...

June 24, 2021 at 6:15 am

Biden vows to evacuate thousands of Afghans who helped US

President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that Afghans who helped the U.S. military “are not going to be left behind" as his administration stepped up...

June 23, 2021 at 5:00 am

Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S....

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 one day before the US – Russia summit. The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled in Geneva for Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP) KSOB113 KSOB113

June 14, 2021 at 10:02 pm

Buoyed by allied summits, Biden ready to take on Putin VIEW

The president is in Geneva ahead of the most-watched and tensest part of his first European tour as president: talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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