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U.S. gives military helicopters to Croatia as Russia sends arms to Serbia

By Associated Press

The United States has delivered two Black Hawk helicopters to Croatia, which is engaged in a mini arms race with neighboring Russian ally Serbia amid simmering tensions in the post-war Balkan region.

WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby calls death of ISIS leader a 'blow' to group

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the death of the leader of the violent Islamic State group was a "significant blow" to the militant group.

In Africa at-home COVID tests are scarce and expensive, help may not come until next year

By Maria Cheng, Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press

Unlike rich countries, African nations have very limited access to COVID-19 tests, especially at-home tests.

WATCH: Biden speaks on an overnight raid that killed an Islamic State leader in northern Syria

By Lolita C. Baldor, Bassem Mroue, Zeke Miller, Ghaith Alsayed, Associated Press

The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed Thursday, blowing himself up along with members of his family during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said.

Islamic State leader killed during U.S. raid in northern Syria, says Biden

By Bassem Mroue, Lolita C. Baldor, Ghaith Alsayed, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden says an elite U.S. military force killed one of the world's most wanted terrorists, the leader of the Islamic State group, during an overnight raid in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.

What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us about antisemitism

The history of the Holocaust has been part of school curriculums for decades, but how much Americans really know about it has changed. That was brought to light this week when comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg made race remarks that…

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WATCH: U.S. Helsinki Commission holds hearing on 'Russia's Assault on Ukraine'

By News Desk and Associated Press

Speakers at the hearing included Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Fiona Hill, Center for European Policy Analysis Pershing Chair Ben Hodges and U.S. Institute of Peace Vice President William Taylor.

As omicron begins to recede in many countries, governments relax pandemic rules

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough and often unpopular restrictive measures to fight COVID-19.

Olympic torch relay, shortened due to COVID, begins for Beijing Games

By Associated Press

The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics has started with an 80-year-old former speedskater carrying the flame.

U.S. to send 2,000 additional troops to Europe to reassure allies, Pentagon says

By Aamer Madhani, Lorne Cook, Dasha Litvinova, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon says President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week, and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to Romania.