Staff Sgt. James F. Burns in Baghdad in 2004.
The Pentagon kept silent as munitions left over from Saddam Hussein’s war with Iran found new targets from 2004 to 2011: American and Iraqi troops.
The father of Jejoen Bontinck, a young Belgian who spent three weeks in the same cell as James Foley and other hostages, showed a picture of the prison where they were held.
The death of James Foley in August at the hands of Islamic State jihadists in Syria was a very public end to a hidden ordeal shared with nearly two dozen other Westerners.
The emirate has allowed longstanding concessions to major global oil companies to expire, and is considering replacing some of them with partners from Asia and elsewhere.
A profane (and anonymous) slur prompted an angry (and anonymous) response, in another session of what one analyst called “the nanny-nanny-boo-boo kindergarten school” of geopolitics.
Early stumbles in the handling of the Ebola crisis and the belated response to the Islamic State have fueled speculation that President Obama may shake up his staff.
Demolition began a day after hundreds of homes were evacuated, making room for a buffer zone that officials say will stop militants and weapons.
Yehuda Glick, who was shot by an unknown assailant, advocates more Jewish access at a hotly contested holy site revered by Muslims and Jews.
After decades of fighting over borders and refugees, Israelis and Palestinians cannot even agree on what time it is, as their daylight saving calendars remain out of sync.
Mr. Cantlie, a photojournalist abducted two years ago, is depicted as saying that the battle for the town on the Turkey-Syria border is “nearly over.”
At least 23 foreign hostages from 12 countries have been kidnapped by Syrian insurgents, sold or handed over to the Islamic State, and held underground in a prison near the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Riding the train feels like an act of nostalgia, representing connection in a place where people are increasingly detached from one another.
The reports, issued in 2004, set forth specific treatment and long-term follow-up steps, none of which the military followed in most cases when service members were exposed to chemical agents in Iraq.
Jawdat Khoudary, an entrepreneur and collector of art and antiquities, keeps Gaza's rich history available to the public at the Gaza Museum of Archeology.
Religious fervor has driven some to protect a once-bustling shrine outside of Damascus, while others see it as a target.
The reality behind the deadly attack on American outposts in Libya is murkier and more complex than initially believed.
A commander of the resistance in Kobani, Syria, on what the town needs in order to fend off an assault by militants.
Palestinian Israelis face a daily battle against official discrimination and casual hatred.
In 2012, Theo Padnos was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale.
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