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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn’t at war with Iran. The East Wing of the White House was still standing and the Kennedy Center wasn’t threatened with demolition. Artificial intelligence data centers weren’t bipartisan shorthand for the tech sector’s excess. Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse. …

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles, the American military said Saturday, warning that it would “if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.” Experts called it a dangerous escalation after Iran’s previous attacks at sea targeted commercial shipping. The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald …

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Saturday agreed to pause strikes on each other’s capitals while U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner hold talks to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv for three days, starting at midnight …

The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed with the support of 164 nations, including France and the UK. The United States was the only nation to vote against it …

A Russian drone struck the Kyiv headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, on Friday, in a rare direct hit on a key government building that highlights Ukraine’s dire shortages of air defenses. The daytime strike – the first time the SBU building has been hit in the four-and-a-half year conflict – came after days of near continuous aerial assaults …

The monthlong lull in fighting between Iran and the United States ended this week with a renewed exchange of fire, dragging the region back to a dangerous – and potentially unsustainable – military stalemate. The US military struck Iran again Tuesday, prompting Tehran to attack Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in defiance of a warning from President Donald Trump that any …

The US military is investigating Iranian claims that its strikes killed at least four people including two children at a wedding in southern Iran, Vice-President JD Vance has said. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) – a humanitarian group – said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony at a home in Sirik on Tuesday, prompting Iranian foreign ministry spokesman …

Driving south on a coastal road in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese and Hezbollah flags that line the road suddenly switch to Israeli flags. Soon, an Israeli checkpoint comes into view, where soldiers stand watch from the balconies of homes riddled with shrapnel. And then, the landscape turns flat: Village after village, home after home, reduced to rubble. CNN gained rare …

The United Kingdom Government has changed its immigration rules to allow recognised victims of modern slavery on Skilled Worker visas to leave exploitative employers and work elsewhere without risking their immigration status. The UK Home Office announced the change on Thursday, saying the measure would prevent victims from being trapped with abusive employers because of their immigration status. “No victim …

Lindsay Clancy sits as she awaits a verdict in her murder trial. Credit: Pool Photo by Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger A pointed dispute broke out in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial Thursday over a report that one juror is refusing to follow the judge’s instructions on the law. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington told the court that the jury foreperson had …