The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who ...

Negotiations between the two sides won't produce peace, but they could offer a pathway for managing the conflict between the ...

On Thursday poor air quality continued across parts of the Capital Region as smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to linger. The skies did look a bit clearer on Thursday than they did Wednesday ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BALLSTON LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A local mother is one of the first Afghan authors to publish a children’s book in the Capital Region. Medina Faizy Hashemi recently held a book launch for “Mahdi’s ...

Local Afghan mom makes history with children’s book debut New poll reveals Americans see two paths on Iran — and support both almost equally 150 years ago, a super El Niño killed 50 million people.

In 2021 the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal. Since then, the situation there has deteriorated considerably. The country faces an acute ...

CNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan talks with River Ahmad, the first Afghan woman to summit Mount Everest, about her mission to inspire women and girls with her courageous journey. New details emerge ...

Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, April 23, 2008: Two Afghan men and a group of boys gather at the Gowerdesh Bridge after U.S. and Afghan government troops had taken control of it. The bridge controls a ...

Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien’s Sixteen Films has boarded “Forgotten Spaceman,” a documentary short written, directed and edited by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas, with Jack Thomas-O’Brien ...

Afghanistan, March 24, 2005: First Lt. Justin Freeman from 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment talks to mayor Abdul Mobeen as they drink tea together in the mayor’s room at the government building ...