Iraq War

20 years of the Iraq War: What was the motivation behind US' invasion of Iraq?

Two decades after the invasion, journalistic investigations and insider testimonies have explored nearly every facet of the invasion. The challenge even today is determining which motives, stated or unstated, most mattered

US Senate takes first step in repealing Iraq War authorisations

Senators voted 68-27 to move forward on legislation that would repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and also a 1991 measure that sanctioned the US-led Gulf War to expel Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait

WATCH: George Bush condemns 'unjustified brutal invasion of Iraq', then corrects himself to say Ukraine

The US invaded Iraq on the false pretext that the West Asian nation was concealing weapons of mass destruction. However, no weapons of mass destruction were ever found

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet made first flight on this day in 1978; look at aircraft role in Gulf, Iraq war

The aircraft first saw combat action during the 1986 United States bombing of Libya and subsequently participated in the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War.

Anti-vaxxers latch on Colin Powell's death to bolster argument against COVID-19 vaccines

But Powell suffered from myeloma, a type of cancer that experts say undermines the efficacy of shots, and data shows his age left him especially vulnerable

Colin Powell passes away at 84 of complications from COVID-19, says family

Powell was fully vaccinated and was being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his family said

Colin Powell dies at 84: War hero and first Black secretary of state haunted by Iraq war

The retired four-star general and former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who served four presidents made his reputation as a man of honour distant from the political fray

Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary under George W Bush and Gerald Ford, dies at 88

Rumsfeld had the distinction of being the only defence chief to serve two nonconsecutive terms: 1975 to 1977 under Ford, and 2001 to 2006 under Bush

Official Secrets trailer: Keira Knightley plays whistleblower Katharine Gun in Gavid Hood's political thriller

Keira Knightley plays Katharine Gun, the GCHQ translator who leaked classified information to prevent 2003 Iraq War in Official Secrets

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching British court order in 2012

Julian Assange, who was arrested on 11 April after Ecuador gave him up, will serve the nearly one-year sentence while fighting a separate attempt to transfer him to the United States