In this screenshot from a video, missiles and air defense interceptors illuminate the night sky over Doha after Iran launched an attack on U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Iran's state-run news agency Tasnim said Monday that Tehran launched missile attacks on
The stars and stripes, the national flag of the USA flutters during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group E match between CF Monterrey and FC Internazionale Milano at Rose Bowl Stadium on June 17 in Pasadena, California. Stu Forster/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stu Forster/Getty Images Nearly 250 years ago, the Founding Fathers
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Salah Malkawi/Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan — The King Hussein Cancer Center is huge and gleaming, with steel beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Cozy cafes
Enlarge this image War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR Though low tech, table
Smokes rises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Be'er Sheva, Israel on Thursday. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP President Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will strike Iran "within two weeks," the White House said Thursday.
Enlarge this image President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of the White House late March 19, 2003, after a national address announcing he had launched war against Iraq. Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of
Airmen look at a GBU-57, or a Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on May 2, 2023. AP/U.S. Air Force hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Air Force As the escalated conflict between Israel and Iran entered its sixth day, the U.S appears to be increasingly weighing direct military involvement. "I