The war between Iran and Iraq included the so-called 'Tanker War' in which both sides attempted to disrupt each other's oil ...

David Nasaw thinks we owe Brokaw’s (and Ambrose’s and Spielberg’s) tale-telling and its legacy a second, and much more gimlet-eyed, review—a much more honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that ...

Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the ...

Syria's new government faces accusations of extremism as U.S. mediates complex negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem ...

U.S. Army veteran Stephanie Waddell found life after deployment difficult to navigate. It wasn't until she met a ...

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, work at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport on Sept. 13, 2025 in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump was sending 10 F-35 ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. There’s a lot to worry any American who look at the US military buildup around ...

Honorary Research Fellow, City St George's, University of London Iraqis went to the polls on November 11 to vote in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results put the coalition of Iraq’s prime ...

A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has sentenced members of the musical group Stoptime to another 13 days in jail, local media reported on November 11. The band gained national attention ...

Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces and locals gather for a collective prayer for Iran under Israeli attacks, on the bank of Shatt al-Arab River in Basra, Iraq on June 18, 2025. The "Prayer ...

Nearly two decades after it was filmed, a new documentary revisits two of the deadliest battles during the early years of the Iraq War by showing the first-person perspective of the men on the ground.

The former vice president is outlived by the cascading consequences of a war he defended to the last, even as Republican politics shifted. The death of Dick Cheney, who wielded vast power as U.S. vice ...