Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
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Afghan Commandos Free Dozens From Taliban...
A member of the Afghan Special Operations Corps said civilians and Afghan service members were among those freed from a Taliban prison
Afghan Leader Calls On the World...
Amid ongoing deadly violence in Afghanistan, the country’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah is calling on the United States and the world not to give up on his people
Ten-Year-Old Afghan Boy, His Dog Walk...
After losing his mother to war, 10-year-old Hikmatullah decided to join a peace movement with the hope of preventing other Afghan children from losing their parents
Afghanistan War Factbox
More than 2,400 U.S. troops have died in the Afghan War since 2001. The deadliest year was 2010, with 499 American casualties and a total coalition loss of 711 lives. According to the United Nations, tens of thousands of Afghan civilians have also been killed since the war began. The first six months of 2018 were the deadliest since 2009, when the U.N. started keeping record of civilian casualties, with 1,692 deaths