United States (US)

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane. REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek
Foreign Policy

How the United States terrorized itself

“Reign of Terror” is an important, heated look at America’s post-9/11 wars

Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Did 9/11 Change the United States?

An Afghan man carries a boy on his shoulders upon arrival at a processing center for refugees evacuated from Afghanistan at the Dulles Expo Center near Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, US, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
World+Biz

US says 105,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since mid-Aug

A deer crosses a dirt road. File photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Coronavirus chronicle

US reports world's first deer with Covid-19

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019 in the Gulf of Alaska May 16, 2019. Picture taken May 16, 2019. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo
World+Biz

US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song//File Photo
World+Biz

Pentagon holds talks with Chinese military for first time under Biden, official says

A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient during a tour of SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Coronavirus chronicle

U.S. coronavirus hospitalizations hit eight-month high over 100,000

James K Galbraith. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Afghanistan was always about American politics

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Tianjin, China, on July 28. LI RAN/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES
Foreign Policy

China won’t repeat America’s mistakes in Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading "Covid-19/Coronavirus vaccine/Injection only" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

30 lakh doses of Moderna to arrive here today evening

Soldiers cross a street as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

US increases pressure on Myanmar military in fresh sanctions

A person walks in Times Square after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Coronavirus chronicle

Citing 'stunning progress' on coronavirus, Biden celebrates easing of mask rules

An US flag waves in the wind on a boat near the Statue of Liberty in New York August 31, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
World+Biz

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression