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Iraqi police vehicles decorated with national flags and ribbons drive in a convoy as officers flash victory signs while celebrating the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

America formally ends military presence in Iraq after 2 decades

By Mike Glenn and Joseph Hammond - The Washington Times

Iraqi security officers flash victory signs as they ride on vehicles decorated with national flags and ribbons during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

U.S. military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete, ending 12-year mission

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Taliban security officers inspect the scene of what Taliban officials said were Pakistani airstrikes in Khost province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed, 32 captured after crossing from Pakistan

By Abdul Qahar Afghan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Police commandos stand guard at the High Court complex ahead of a verdict related to the 2019 Easter bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.(Eranga Jayawardane)

Sri Lankan court convicts 15 men over roles in deadly 2019 Easter bombings

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Another 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

We cannot miss the warning signs of another 9/11

By Joseph R. DeTrani

An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Pittsburgh-area man charged after alleged ISIS attack plot

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

U.S. soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), walk as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen in the background in Shindand, Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 28, 2012. On the ground, NATO has helped to keep peace in the Balkans and combat the Taliban-led insurgency in war-torn Afghanistan, the alliance's biggest ever operation, launched after the United States triggered its "all for one and one for all" common defense clause in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi) **FILE**

The forever fight: After 25 years, America’s War on Terror carries a complex, bloody legacy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Protecting the United States of America from terrorists illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America must see the world through its enemies’ eyes

By Daniel N. Hoffman

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Letter to the editor: President Trump is a gift from God

This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines at Abbey Gate before a suicide bomber struck outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan. The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable. (Department of Defense via AP) ** FILE **

Three Marines receive belated awards for their actions during Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The New York State Capitol building is seen in Albany, New York, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

ISIS-supporting woman charged with plotting to bomb New York state capitol

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Officials say U.S. forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by Sept. 30

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Trump mobilizes terrorist court to try to deport Afghan mother tied to Election Day plot

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People gather outside the Brandenburg Gate for a demonstration in support of LGBTQ+ after a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Questions mount after deadly Berlin Pride attack. Here’s what to know

By Stefanie Dazio and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Suspect in Berlin Pride stabbing spree killed by police

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, members of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during an annual military parade at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran. On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Trump administration designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization” in an unprecedented move against a national armed force. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps went from being a domestic security force with origins in the 1979 Islamic Revolution to a transnational fighting force. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Trump willing to wipe out the IRGC as he did ISIS

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, to the Pentagon, during a ceremony, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US military will be out of Iraq by end of September, Iraqi prime minister and Pentagon say

By Ben Finley and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Churchgoers pray and anoint their foreheads with oil at the Living Faith church in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Sabon Gari in Kano, northern Nigeria, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) **FILE**

Stopping persecution of Christians in Nigeria

By Derrick Morgan and Gabriella DiPrima

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens as Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a joint news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkey detains 209 in raids in the capital ahead of July’s NATO summit

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Motorcyclist ride along a street in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo)

Brazen attack on Niger’s airport shows jihadis are expanding to cities in Africa’s Sahel

By Wilson McMakin and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press