Most of village Porakh’s landowning elite, from the influential Stanikzai clan, gathered for a grand feast on October’s ...

The essence of their fears: President Donald Trump has become harsher with his contemptuous rhetoric and policy proposals, ...

The Taliban have intensified their cultural crackdown in eastern Afghanistan after authorities confirmed the public ...

Suspected militants have opened fire on a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing five officers before fleeing ...

President Donald Trump offered rare bipartisan praise during his remarks Thursday at the White House’s Congressional Ball, saying in part that he believes both parties will soon be working together on ...

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops. But as U.S. forces were withdrawing ...

• Tanker seized: President Donald Trump said the US has taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The seizure was denounced by Venezuela as an “act of international piracy.” • Defense ...

A rumor circulating online in December 2025 claimed that throughout 2025, and specifically on Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the ...

Republicans are calling out the Trump administration after $45 million was reportedly sent to the Taliban in Afghanistan by the Department of State on Monday. Among those reacting to the reports was ...

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Representing a school that opened in 2008, the Olentangy Orange football team made its state championship game debut Dec. 5 and won central Ohio's second title of the day. The Pioneers finished 15-0, ...

At Ford Field on Thursday, Amon-Ra St. Brown and the Detroit Lions (7-5) face Javonte Williams and the Dallas Cowboys (6-5-1) in a matchup featuring two of the brightest stars in the NFL, beginning at ...