Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-Vice President Biden talk prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2016. President Biden spoke Sunday, with Netanyahu to "express concern" over his government's planned judicial overhaul that has sparked widespread protests across Israel and to encourage compromise. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a demonstration against the Israeli government's controversial judicial overhaul bill in Tel Aviv on March 1. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters wave Israeli flags outside parliament in Jerusalem on Monday, part of a massive show of anger over the hard-right government's push to overhaul the justice system. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP hide caption
Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Crosses honoring fallen Marines stand at the top of Horno Ridge at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Graham Smith/NPR hide caption
Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022. Nicole Tung for NPR hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon last week. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Retired U.S. Air Force pilot Steve Ankerstar (L) and former Baghdad resident Shaymaa Khalil (R) joined NPR's Morning Edition to discuss their memories of the 'shock and awe' bombing campaign that began the Iraq war. Courtesy of Shayma Khalil and Steve Ankerstar. hide caption
U.S. Marines take up positions in the area around the Palestine hotel in the center of Baghdad, April 9, 2003. Sean Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Activists light candles outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that launched the Iraq War in 2003. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Win Without War hide caption
Soldiers of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division secure a field near Najaf, Iraq, at sunrise on March 23, 2003. John Moore/AP hide caption
From left: Ali Adeeb Alnaemi, Carlos Gomez-Perez, Kayla Williams. Courtesy of Ali Adeeb Alnaemi, Carolos Gomez-Perez and Kayla Williams. hide caption
March 20, 2003: U.S. Marines prepare themselves after receiving orders to cross the Iraqi border at Camp Shoup, in northern Kuwait. Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Marine Maj. Bull Gurfein pulls down a poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on March 21, 2003, a day after the start of the U.S. invasion, in Safwan, Iraq. Chris Hondros/Getty Images hide caption
A quake survivor spends a night outside in Idlib, Syria on Feb. 9, 2023, following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in neighboring Turkey. A doctor in Syria says it's still difficult to get needed medical supplies. Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
FILE - Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday, March 12, 2023, it earned a $161 billion profit last year, attributing its earnings to higher crude oil prices. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption
Israeli soldiers operate in village of Sarra near the Palestinians West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption
More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem. Dion MBD for NPR hide caption
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (right) shakes hands with senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, as Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in Beijing, Friday. Nournews via AP hide caption
