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The United States suspends all imports of Mexican avocados after threats are made against an American plant safety inspector in Uruapan, Michoacán.
2022-02-14

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that 21 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan.
2021-09-10

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says that around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan following the August 31 withdrawal deadline. He also says that the Biden administration will still try to rescue them.
2021-09-5

American regulators from the Food and Drug Administration confirm that Pfizer's vaccine candidate is 95% effective.
2020-12-8

A U.S. civil contractor is kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Khost Province. A Taliban leader who declined to be named tells Reuters they had kidnapped an American in Khost but did not provide further details.
2020-02-6

The United States Air Force carries out strikes using F-15E Strike Eagle jets and drones in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the death of an American civil contractor in a rocket attack on K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk Governorate. The strikes were targeted at the Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia group. A spokesman for Kata'ib Hezbollah, says 19 of its fighters were killed and 35 injured in the American strikes, while vowing to respond.
2019-12-29

The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
2019-11-20

39 musicians, including The Beatles, U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Lorde, One Direction, and Justin Bieber, release a charity album to help the victims.
2013-11-26

American As I Lay Dying frontman and lead vocalist Tim Lambesis is arrested on charges of attempting to hire a hitman.
2013-05-7