When the state sinks, science is the anchor As history has shown, political and ideological repression passes -- but scientific knowledge remains, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.October 26, 2017
U.S. suspects Niger villager betrayed Army troops The U.S. military believes someone in a Niger village may have tipped off attackers to the presence of U.S. commandoes and Nigerien forces in the area, setting in motion the ambush that killed four Americans, a senior defense official said Tuesday.October 24, 2017
Review to confirm Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing' The assessment would raise pressure on the Trump administration and U.S. lawmakers to consider new sanctions on a country that had been lauded for its democratic transition.October 24, 2017
Gold Star widow: Trump call 'made me cry even worse' Myeshia Johnson spoke out for the first time Monday about the death of her husband, Army Sgt. La David Johnson, in Niger and the White House response.October 23, 2017
Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case A sentencing hearing for Bowe Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl.October 22, 2017
Somalia's death toll rises again to 358 as thousands pray "This is horrifying. And it was not a massacre. This was carnage. This was absolute carnage," Minneapolis City Council member Abdi Warsame said. "This was Somalia's 9/11, as you would say."October 20, 2017
U.S.-backed Syrian force declare victory over ISIS in Raqqa A U.S.-backed Syrian force declared victory over the Islamic State group in its former "capital" of Raqqa on Friday, declaring the northern Syrian city free of any extremist presence after a four-month battle that left it in ruins.October 20, 2017
Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead Like presidents before him, Trump has made personal contact with some families of the fallen, not all. What's different is that Trump, alone among them, has picked a political fight over who's done better to honor the war dead and their families.October 18, 2017
Vigil remembers those killed in 'Somalia's 9/11' Dozens of people attended a vigil to honor the dead and missing in Mogadishu Monday night in Minneapolis, after a terrorist attack Saturday killed more than 300 people in Mogadishu's central business district.October 16, 2017