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The world must show it cares about the conflict, but relieving civilian suffering should take the place of military intervention, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Alma Johnson Powell, wife of Colin Powell, supported his career, was active in philanthropy, and left a lasting legacy of service.

George Gedda, an Associated Press reporter whose coverage of the State Department and international relations spanned more than four decades, has died

The Air Force fighter pilot about to be nominated as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got his callsign by ejecting from a burning F-16 fighter jet high above the Florida Everglades and falling into the watery sludge below

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

Two decades ago, U.S. spy agencies wrongly believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction

Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, toppling the despot Saddam Hussein and fomenting a kind of hell that Iraq is still grappling with today.

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Two decades ago, then-President George W. Bush announced the start of combat operations in Iraq. The bloody occupation that followed lasted longer and cost more in lives and money than anyone guessed.