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The USS Abraham Lincoln has been grappling with dismal conditions for months during the US-Israeli war on Iran, amid mounting reports of severe exhaustion, supply shortages, and mental-health problems among crew members. The problems have sparked an uproar among crew members’ families and prompted demands for answer…
Amid a recent avalanche of media headlines warning of significantly depleted US weapons stockpiles, The Washington Post is out with another fresh report Thursday which sounds the alarm, this time over advanced drones.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
In this image from police body camera video provided by the Akron, Ohio Police Department, officers display their weapons as they confront 15-year-old boy Jazmir Tucker in Akron, Ohio, late Nov. 28, 2024. (Akron Police Department via AP)
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We have become remarkably good at watching war. It floods our screens sandwiched between entertainment and advertisement, competes for the same attention as everything else, and loses. Never have we had such constant exposure to human suffering, yet it has become increasingly difficult for many to truly absorb it. P…
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Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexation
Israel is awaiting US approval for a military operation aimed at taking control of the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria reported Friday morning, citing a senior security official.
The IDF killed a Hamas commander in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday who had been involved in attacks on troops, the army said on Friday afternoon.
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MANILA, Philippines — Filing a criminal case against Vice President Sara Duterte while she remains in office could “open the floodgates” to the prosecution of other impeachable officials, her lawyer warned Friday, as the defense team sought oral arguments on its client’s motion to quash the grave threats cases again…
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Australian drivers' switch to electric vehicles has accelerated since fuel prices started climbing due to the U.S.-Iran war. (AAP Image)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States’ top priority now in the war on Iran is no longer its nuclear program, but to bring gasoline prices down for American consumers, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday, with the treasury chief adding that new economic punishment to wear down Tehran was imminent.
China and Egypt are set to strengthen military cooperation with a new round of joint air force exercises scheduled to take place in Egypt from mid-August through early September.
QUSRA, Palestinian Territories — Activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians under an almost weeklong settler siege in the West Bank on Friday, with the Israeli military again deployed at the flash point site.
DISASTERS from the past week expose the same issue: corruption in the government. In Calumpit, Bulacan — a town with dozens of flood-control projects worth over P2 billion — an entire village went underwater, and the local government was forced to declare a state of calamity, with more than 150,000 residents affecte…
Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon’s Madre de Dios region. (AP Video by Steven Grattan. Produced by Julián Trejo Bax)
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The Army on Friday identified the two Fort Hood helicopter pilots who were killed when their Apache crashed during a maintenance test flight in central Texas.
At the end of June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an unusual move declared the start of a 40-day intensified pressure campaign against Russia, designed to force Moscow to the negotiating table and agree on terms favorable to Ukraine to end the war.
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coins
A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the educa…
The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East amid reports of deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the war with Iran.
Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
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NATO jets have shot down another drone which spilled over into Baltic territory from the Ukraine war, Latvia's defense ministry announced Friday.
For almost a week, Israeli settlers, with the military standing by in full view, have besieged Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, in an attempt to force them from their land and take over their homes.
Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war
Civilian casualties in Ukraine in July reached their highest level since the early months of Russia's full-scale invasion, as Russian forces intensified long-range missile and drone strikes on towns and cities far from the front line, the UN said in a report published Friday.
PM urges people not to risk lives and homes by starting fires as military brought in to help deal with wildfires
United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, is set to travel to Israel and Egypt next week to support a US-backed Board of Peace plan for a permanent end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
Russia’s Islam Makhachev leaves a welterweight title bout after defeating Australia’s Jack Della Maddalena at the UFC 322 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)
Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
Hong Kong leader John Lee praises teams for embodying professional spirit of civil servants in ‘rising to challenges and pursuing excellence’
Hong Kong leader John Lee praises teams for embodying professional spirit of civil servants in ‘rising to challenges and pursuing excellence’
Emergency crews worked through the night on Friday to rescue residents trapped under rubble and extinguish fires after eight FAB‑250 guided aerial bombs hit the city, local authorities said. Several private homes and a garage caught fire, while an apartment building suffered extensive damage. The strike caused secti…
Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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One week on from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signing their joint defence agreement, the Turkish defence ministry revealed more details about the alliance on Thursday. They include plans to hold joint military exercises and to deepen cooperation between their defence industries.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day pic.twitter.com/lQAqpOpMEb
Following July's rebound to pre-war levels, the preliminary August University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index was expected to weaken modestly as the MidEast re-escalated (and with it the price of gas).
Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mo…
Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.