Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country’s convoluted politics, Åsne Seierstad's "The Afghans" follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the ...

Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable ...

While it is hard to quantify the program’s effect in absolute terms, its history offers valuable lessons for today, not least ...

There were booming sounds and then a clattering like a hailstorm on the roofs of the mess and the hospital ward.

The novel "Brothers in Arms" features dozens of brothers who served in the war. One pair from the San Felipe Pueblo is ...

Many Democrats and some Republicans expressed alarm last month when President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. Most Americans agree that Iran shouldn’t develop nuclear ...

The Trump administration’s executive order of January 2025 on reevaluating foreign assistance is a rare acknowledgment of ...

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) has announced that Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and ...

STROLLING along a pristine street adorned with shrines glittering in the sunshine and cafes offering tasty local delicacies, ...

The Help by Kathryn Stockett tells the story of three women's lives in Jackson, Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement ...

The banned books the Taliban deems ‘deviant’ and ‘un-Islamic’ - INDEPENDENT PERSIAN: Hundreds of titles removed from shelves ...

July’s wave of unprecedented removals was triggered by the Israel-Iran conflict, but it’s part of a trend that stretches back ...