Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan speaks to the media in Washington, April 2019.

Military

Shanahan withdraws from consideration to be US defense secretary

Leon Panetta

COVID-19

Leon Panetta on coronavirus: ‘We’re paying the price’ of ignoring intelligence reports

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is seen while entering into the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 5, 2020.

'Sailors do not need to die,' warns captain of coronavirus-hit US aircraft carrier

With a view of the US Capitol and Washington Monument in the background, soldiers stand at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of the expected resumption of protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd, in Washington DC, June 3, 2020.

Protest

After long silence, Mattis denounces Trump and military response to crisis

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley testifies beside US Defense Secretary Mark Esper before a Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, March 4, 2020. 

Americans have ‘fundamental right’ to hear from military leaders, frmr NATO commander says

Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2019.

2020 US presidential election

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security

A couple embrace during a protest in Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. They are demanding the release of all hostages allegedly taken by the militant group Hamas.

Sacred Nation

'A link with my ancestors': Britons reconnect with Jewish roots for EU passports

The border between Belarus and Latvia is about 100 miles long and is partially separated by a fence monitored by border officers.

Migration

A migrant crisis at the Latvia-Belarus border

Activists from the Standing Together Movement play drums at a demonstration.

Israel-Hamas war

Standing Together leaders discuss attempts to open Jewish-Arab dialogue amid Gaza war

Pussy Riot feminist activist collective, from left to right, Alina Petrova, Diana Burkot, Masha Alyokhina, Olga Borisova.

A conversation with Russian protest group Pussy Riot

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah as a temporary ceasefire went into effect, Nov. 24, 2023.

'We're bracing for what comes after' the truce, MSF Gaza director says

Environment

Confidence in UN climate talks at a low point ahead of COP28 in Dubai 

A few days after the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Palestinians in the West Bank say they faced extreme harassment and threats. 

West Bank rocked by increased violence, displacement amid Israel-Hamas war

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is interviewed by Neil Cavuto.

Obituary

Henry Kissinger leaves lasting — and controversial — foreign policy legacy

Åsa Koski started the Säg hej! campaign in Sweden to get people to interact more with each other to combat widespread loneliness.

Lifestyle

The ‘Say Hi’ campaign in Sweden is helping to combat loneliness

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office in New York, Nov. 29, 2023.

Assassination plot in the US allegedly traces back to Indian govt

Mark Esper

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