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-Russia deployed a hypersonic missile in one of its largest attacks on Kyiv since the war began, firing 600 drones and 90 missiles overnight. -The Oreshnik missile can carry nuclear warheads and is almost unstoppable by Ukraine’s air defense systems. -President Putin ordered the retaliation after Ukraine struck a Russian-occupied facility, with Russia claiming 18 people were killed. Russia used …

-The Secret Service said a person who fired at officers near the White House was shot and killed Saturday evening. -The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, had previous encounters with the Secret Service. -A bystander was also struck during the exchange of gunfire and remains in critical condition. Secret Service officers shot and killed a person who the agency …

  Russian President Vladimir Putin may lose his ability to negotiate from a position of strength within months, according to Estonia’s intelligence chief. Russia is losing more soldiers than it can recruit, as forces advance an average of 70 meters (230 feet) a day, incurring casualties of about 1,000 soldiers daily, according to analysts. Russia has cut its growth forecast …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The United States and Iran are close to agreeing on a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, two regional officials and a diplomat said Saturday, as the United States has weighed a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic. Iran signaled “narrowing differences” in negotiations with the U.S. after Pakistan’s army chief held …

The Trump administration announced a new rule requiring green card applicants to leave the United States during the application process. The change could force hundreds of thousands of immigrants to leave their jobs and families while applications are processed. The rule marks another effort by the administration to restrict legal immigration alongside its crackdown on illegal immigration. AI-generated summary was …

At least 90 people have been killed in a coal mine blast in northern China, according to the country’s state media. The gas explosion happened at the Liushenyu Coal Mine, run by the Tongzhou Group, in Shanxi Province. Hundreds of rescuers have been sent to the site. Footage from state media showed paramedics carrying stretchers at the site, with ambulances …

The UN says it is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreading through conflict-ravaged provinces. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday raised the national risk assessment for DRC to “very high”, although the global risk remains “low”. So far, 82 cases and seven deaths have …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has tried to reassure allies over US decisions on troop deployments in Europe. Rubio’s intervention at the end of a Nato foreign ministers’ meeting in Sweden came after President Donald Trump said the US would send an extra 5,000 troops to Poland. That decision was a week after a planned deployment of 4,000 troops …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted. Republicans had already abandoned part …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called off plans to sign a new executive order on artificial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony Thursday because he said he was worried the measure could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he was postponing the Oval Office event with tech industry executives because he did not like what …