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A cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain set sail from Odesa for the first time since Russia’s invasion more than five months ago. It followed last month’s agreement with the United Nations and Turkey to allow shipments through the Black Sea,

White House officials declined to confirm al-Zawahri was killed but noted in a statement that the United States conducted a “successful” counterterrorism operation against a significant al-Qaida target.

The House speaker’s plan to visit the self-ruled island that China claims as its own raises the prospect of increased tensions between the U.S. and China.

(WASHINGTON) — A CIA drone strike has killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, according to five people familiar with the matter. Current and former officials began hearing Sunday afternoon that al-Zawahri had been killed in a drone strike, but

Top Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed over the weekend in Afghanistan while hiding out at the home of an Afghan government official and Taliban member, the New York Times reported. According to reports, President Joe Biden, who was isolated

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has confirmed.

In the last six weeks, two superstars have changed—or promised to change—lyrics in their songs after disability advocates criticized them as ableist. First, in June, Lizzo re-recorded a lyric in “GRLLLS,” the second single off her album Special, then shared

WASHINGTON — A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison, the longest sentence imposed so far

Protests over George Floyd’s 2020 murder were the largest civil rights demonstrations in American history. The brutal footage of officer Derek Chauvin’s suffocating knee on George Floyd’s neck led many white Americans to, at least briefly, acknowledge the reality of