Press Releases

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Nurse leader finds renewed purpose as a volunteer Dr. Jennifer Goodman uses her vacation time to volunteer as a bedside nurse with medical teams providing free vision care across the globe.

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

Texas apparel startup to introduce shirts incorporating veterans’ uniform fabric and stories as it outlines plans for a future veterans wellness center AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cowboy Athletic Club, a Texas apparel startup...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Asylum fraud can be prosecuted as a felony WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement highlighting recent examples of how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is playing a key...

Texas A&M Forest Service

Foresters and staff members from Texas A&M Forest Service celebrated Texas Arbor Day on Nov. 6 with tree plantings and tree giveaways across the state.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) At least 10 miners are trapped underground after a tunnel gives way at a gold mine in northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province, according to reports.

DVIDS - Georgia

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — For many Soldiers and service members, leaving active duty raises a practical question: how to continue serving after taking off the uniform.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

President, I thank Deputy Special Representative Georgette Gagnon and Ms. Nargis Nehan for their briefings.

DVIDS - Georgia

When several young Afghan women arrived at Fort McCoy on Aug. 19, they were no longer the teenagers who had stepped off buses here five years earlier.

DVIDS - Georgia

"We landed under the cover of night, stepping into the exact nightmare we had just watched on television,” said U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Hector Rivera, reflecting on his unit’s arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul,...

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

By Reshad Jalali Five years ago, the world watched in horror as the Taliban entered Kabul.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

STERLING, Virginia – This story may seem to be hanging by a thread, but this was certainly no yarn as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists seized about 440 pounds of unprocessed cotton that arrived in passenger baggage at...

Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

SOMERSET, Ky. (July 1, 2026) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear joined local officials and leadership from Horse Soldier Bourbon to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new $200 million distillery and full-scale bourbon tourism attraction in...

DVIDS - Georgia

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York— An exhibit commemorating New Yorkers who fought the Global War on Terror—GWOT in military speak-- officially opened on Thursday, Nov. 5 at the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in Saratoga...

DVIDS - Georgia

Army Football (5-3) returns home to face academy-rival Air Force at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Michie Stadium.

International Committee of the Red Cross

In Mazar-e-Sharif, 25-year-old Marzia Hussaini’s life changed in an instant. “We were travelling when our car hit a landmine,” she recalled. “When I woke up, both of my legs were gone.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) A key border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened Thursday afternoon to allow Afghan migrants to return home, a spokesperson for the Afghan border police confirmed. "Currently, only migrants and their families are permitted...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Approximately 300 Afghan nationals have been freed from detention in Pakistan and have returned to Afghanistan over the past week, according to reports.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The Afghan government called on Monday for the United Nations Security Council to lift sanctions imposed on nearly two dozen senior officials, according to reports.

International Committee of the Red Cross

In Parwan Province’s Salang District, the ICRC rehabilitated two canals in the Koklami Valley to restore water access for surrounding communities.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Afghanistan on Tuesday urged the United States to reach an “appropriate” resolution after Washington classified the country as a “state sponsor of wrongful detention,” according to reports.