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There are many hurdles in Afghanistan as President Obama deploys thousands of additional troops. In the first of a five-part series, we look at one of the biggest challenges: the government in Kabul.

A U.S. military transport helicopter crashes in the desert of western Iraq Wednesday, killing 31 U.S. Marines. The helicopter was about 220 miles west of Baghdad, carrying personnel from the First Marine Division. A U.S. military spokesman says there were no survivors and that the cause is still being investigated.

All seven crew members are missing and feared dead in the collision of two British helicopters over the Persian Gulf, officials say. Those aboard included a U.S. Navy officer. Earlier this week, a U.S. helicopter crashed, killing 12 British and U.S. troops. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

The Russian government has been a close ally of President Bashar Assad's regime. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Moscow-based reporter Charles Maynes about how Russians view the U.S. airstrikes on Syria.

The U.S. is approaching a grim milestone: 100,000 coronavirus deaths. Brazil's COVID-19 cases have surged, and the White House is clamping down on Brazil with a new travel ban.

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

Fried yellow chilis. Baja-style fish. Not the typical Chinese restaurant fare, unless you're near the U.S.-Mexico border. The reasons go back to an 1882 law enacted to keep Chinese out of the U.S.

The truce, for a section of the country's southwest, also includes Jordan and Israel. Several such cease-fires in the past have been short-lived.

U.S. and Iraqi forces launch what the American military is calling the largest air assault against Iraqi insurgents since the end of "major combat operations" in 2003. The offensive, in an area northeast of Samarra, has been dubbed Operation Swarmer.

The U.K. used coal power to drive the Industrial Revolution and expand the British Empire. It's now the first major economy to quit the fossil fuel, a primary contributor to global warming.