The National Guard is the oldest component of the United States Military predating the formation of the first Continental Army in 1775.
Afghanistan’s warring sides have opened much-anticipated negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.
Police in Kenosha have arrested dozens of people since a white officer shot Jacob Blake in the back.
State TV says Iran has executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike.
The U.S. is sending more troops to protect the embassy compound penetrated by militias and their supporters in Baghdad on Tuesday.
An Iranian-backed militia says the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25.
The U.S. says it has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor.
The downfall of the Islamic State group could open up cracks in temporary alliances created to fight the extremists, and rivalries for influence are now likely to take center stage.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes launched coordinated military operations early Monday as the long-awaited fight to wrest the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State fighters got underway.
Iraqi security forces have been searching the Baghdad neighborhood where three Americans were reportedly kidnapped over the weekend.