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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Farhad Alaaldin, chairman of the Iraq Advisory Council, about how Iran became so influential in Iraqi politics.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper says U.S. troops will be repositioned in Iraq, but will not leave the country. His comments come after a letter from the U.S. military suggested a withdrawal.

Iranian officials blame heightened tensions with the U.S. for what they say was the unintentional shooting down of a Ukrainian jetliner.

John Kapoor, the former billionaire who founded drugmaker Insys Therapeutics, is among the executives to be sentenced for racketeering.

In November, Gambia filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice accusing Myanmar of a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the U.S. airstrike on Iran's most prominent general. But his country is bracing for possible reprisals.

Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council, speaks to NPR's Leila Fadel about Iraq's position between the U.S. and Iran: Can the country afford to take sides?

Virginia's legislative session began Wednesday with a Democratic majority. One of the first items on the agenda is whether the state will vote to be the 38th to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

Resident of a northern county are the first in the state to vote against refugee resettlements. Misinformation led many to think that hundreds of Syrian refugees would be coming.

Majid Takht Ravanchi, speaking to Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, says Iran has no plans for further action against the U.S. but is prepared if Washington renews its aggression.