The Iran conflict is likely to be far shorter than the war in Iraq, but experts say the U.S. is running into some of the same pitfalls.

The Pentagon said it was sending 2,000 airborne troops to the Middle East, even as President Trump seemed to endorse Pakistan’s offer to broker negotiations. It was unclear whether Iran and Israel supported a U.S. peace plan.

Epstein files released by the Department of Justice show Sen. Ron Wyden's son met the disgraced financier at his Manhattan mansion in 2016 to seek backing for his private investment fund.

Ships with no ties to Israel or the United States would be allowed to pass, the government said, but it was unclear if any vessels would try.

Mette Frederiksen’s party suffered its worst election in over a century, despite her defense of Greenland and confrontation with Trump.

The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.

The barrage continued as officials said the U.S. had sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war. But Iranian officials have publicly denied that Washington and Tehran are talking directly.

The assault, which came after overnight strikes across the country, was one of the largest of the war, the Ukrainian authorities said.

French authorities are investigating a former French diplomat who used to work at the bank.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had led one of Italy’s most stable postwar governments. Now she’s under pressure after failing to convince Italians to back a judicial overhaul.

Dennis Walter Coyle, a researcher from Colorado, had been held since last year by the Taliban government.

The Southeast Asian country imports 90 percent of its oil from the Middle East, and the government is under intense pressure to deal with the situation.

Officials said the attacks were among the worst in ten days, with damage reported in eleven regions across the country.

A grieving parent who lost his daughter warns that Illinois sanctuary city policies keep costing lives after an 18-year-old college student was killed last week in Chicago.

BBC Your Voice hears from postal workers who say "take the mail for ride"is a common phrase.

Some soldiers jumped from the plane as it went down in the country’s southern jungle after takeoff, officials said.

New, friendly media operations and expanded state-run television are pushing Pakistan’s message while independent news outlets face repression.

Reduced demand from China is forcing vineyard owners from Bordeaux to Australia to rip up vines and leave grapes to rot in the fields.

Student loan operations from a nearly $1.7 trillion portfolio are being transferred from the Department of Education to the Treasury under a new interagency agreement.

“Very, very strong talks,” President Trump claimed. Fake news, replied an Iranian parliamentary leader.