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Navy Aircraft Carrier to Complete Longest Deployment Since Vietnam

  • John Ismay
  • Updated 5 hrs ago

After being diverted for combat with Venezuela and Iran, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford will return to Norfolk, Va., on Saturday after nearly a yea…

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Trump Says Iran’s Response to Latest U.S. Proposal ‘Totally Unacceptable’

  • Erica L. Green, Aaron Boxerman and Adam Sella
  • Updated May 10, 2026

The United States and Iran have been discussing a 30-day extension to their cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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  • Rob Rogers
  • Mar 19, 2026
Peace-building through environmental diplomacy provides a spark of hope for our shared future.
Forum | Opinion

Peace-building through environmental diplomacy provides a spark of hope for our shared future.

  • Mindy Glickman
  • Jan 1, 2026

In a time when headlines are dominated by division and despair, it can be difficult to imagine cooperation across political and cultural lines…

As climate change intensifies, we need technological interventions, even with political strings attached.
Forum | Opinion

As climate change intensifies, we need technological interventions, even with political strings attached.

  • Joseph Dana
  • Sep 29, 2022

Did the Earth’s climate just cross the Rubicon? It feels that way given all the extreme weather events across the globe. From electricity gene…

A local Iraqi-American finds herself caught between two nations.
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A local Iraqi-American finds herself caught between two nations.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Mar 30, 2017

On a freezing winter’s night in Baghdad, Iraq, when the air was just cold enough to see a person’s breath, Zainab (her name has been changed f…

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How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.
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How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 16, 2017

It appeared Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, was hiding something.

Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.
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Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 5, 2017

“Dumpster fire” had an outside chance of becoming Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2016. It was the year beloved celebrities including …

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As states battle for power, the people of Syria bear the brunt.

  • Ed Blanche
  • Dec 22, 2016

As states battle for power, the people of Syria bear the brunt – and there is no end in sight.

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