AFGHANISTAN

A report by a New York-based independent think tank said Washington dropped a total of 24,287 bombs on Syria and Iraq alone during President Barack Obama’s final year in office.

Kevin King, an American, and Timothy Weeks, an Australian, were abducted by the Taliban outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul last August.

The former Marine general will undergo a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

A Justice Department official told NBC News that the whistleblower's commutation could come in the remaining nine days of Obama's tenure.

"I am asking you to believe," the president said. "Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours."

In his first face-to-face cable interview — a Sean Hannity sit-down that partially aired Tuesday — the WikiLeaks founder fiercely fought back against recent claims the leaked emails from Democratic leaders came from Russia.

In this week’s address, President Obama reflected on the significant progress we’ve made since he took office in 2009.

A woman was reportedly beheaded by a group of Taliban-linked men for shopping alone.

In September, the U.S. pledged $38 billion to Israel over the next 10 years, the largest military aid package in American history.

Canadian Joshua Boyle and American Caitlan Coleman, who were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012, are seen in the video begging their governments to save them. 

Berlin police arrested a "suspicious person" near the scene, but say the real attacker is still at large.

"It is unfortunately clear that many of the world's leaders are developing a form of paranoia about legitimate journalism."

A Council on Foreign Relations survey asked foreign policy experts to predict what conflicts the U.S. might find itself ensnared in during 2017.

Pictures of the 6-year-old wearing a homemade shirt bearing Messi’s No. 10 jersey 10 went viral earlier in the year, prompting the Barcelona star to send him a signed shirt.

Nearly 34,000 people are forced from their homes every day because of conflict or persecution.

Trump has yet to name his press secretary, and Pierson could want the job.

The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System was introduced following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Some people are converting to Christianity after experiencing terrorism committed in the name of Islam in their home country.

An ex-Hillary Clinton campaign staffer recently started a website detailing the new president-elect's possible conflicts of interest.

“Designated Survivor” Season 1, episode 9 saw one major character be the victim of a fatal car accident. Read a recap of “The Blueprint”

The student, Faizul Rehman, a fourth-year student at the Kabul Polytechnic University, was visiting his family in his home village of Sewaka when he was captured.