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Warfare movie A24
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'Warfare': Rare Iraq War film that doesn't preach but packs punch

The core message is deftly smuggled into a simple story of a platoon inserted into an alien environment and forced into ignominious retreat

Here is why US troops may be in Iraq indefinitely
Middle East

Here is why US troops may be in Iraq indefinitely

An inconvenient truth: the country's dependency on American forces has hobbled the growth of its own military

Pope Francis' legacy of inter-faith diplomacy
Global Crises

Pope Francis' legacy of inter-faith diplomacy

After similar outreach to Sunnis, the pontiff's 2021 meeting with Shia's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani transcended boundaries and fostered co-existence

Ukraine Civilians
QiOSK

Bombardments making Ukraine, Gaza toxic for generations

New report finds dangerously high levels of lead, uranium, and other heavy metals in wartorn cities.

Iraq war Army soldiers Baghdad
Middle East

The ghosts of the Iraq War still haunt me, and our foreign policy

As a young National Guardsman I reported for duty on March 21, 2003. Why are there still troops there today?

US troops in Syria
Middle East

Why are we still at war in Syria?

The tempo of lethal US airstrikes — not all against ISIS — continue apace, despite murky Washington strategy