Iraqi special forces enter center of IS-held Fallujah
Iraqi special forces entered the center of Fallujah city early Friday, taking over a government complex and a neighborhood that served as a base for the Islamic State group militants…
Military healthcare
Punishments but no criminal charges in US attack on hospital
A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or…
Russia denies striking charity’s hospital in Syria
By BASSEM MROUE and LYNN BERRY Russia on Tuesday denied its warplanes carried out strikes on a Syrian hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders that killed at least nine people,…
Whistleblowers: VA inspector general a ‘joke’
The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to retaliate against whistleblowers despite repeated pledges to stop punishing those who speak up, a national group said Tuesday. One called the department’s office…
US sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay
By BEN FOX Six prisoners held for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay have been sent to Uruguay to be resettled as refugees, the U.S. government announced Sunday — a deal…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in arrest raids
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Israeli soldiers walk downstairs in a building as they search for three missing Israeli teens in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, June 20, 2014.…
Senate bill would double veterans’ health spending
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This June 10, 2014, file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking to reporters about veterans health care on Capitol Hill in…
Congress, FBI moving on VA health care
By MATTHEW DALY Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, after a Democratic caucus lunch. Responding to the…