U.S. and Iran Engage in Fresh Military Strikes Amid Cease-Fire Breakdown Category: International News
The United States has launched a new wave of airstrikes targeting positions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
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America Marks 250th Birthday Under Unprecedented Security as Extreme Heat Bears Down
The National Mall has never needed this much hardware to host a birthday party.Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia are amo...
Iran Begins Week-Long Funeral for Khamenei as Body Lies in State in Tehran
Iran is burying a leader it lost four months ago, in a funeral timed, deliberately or not, to overlap with America's own...
Spain Faces Wave of Residency Applications After Migration Overhaul Grace Period
Madrid's paperwork backlog has a number attached to it now, and it is a very large one.Spain has seen a historic surge i...
Fuel Rationing Spreads Across Russia as Ukrainian Drone Strikes Batter Refineries
Russia has not sold this grade of gasoline since 2005. It is selling it again now.Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signe...
Russia Turns to Japanese Jet Fuel Routed Through South Korea as Refining Crisis Deepens
The last time Russia imported jet fuel this way, the shipment was a fraction of the size.According to Reuters, citing tr...
Venezuela's Death Toll Passes 2,590 as Government Rejects Claims It Is Undercounting the Dead
The number keeps climbing. So does the suspicion that it is not climbing fast enough.Venezuela's confirmed earthquake de...
US and Iran Switch On a Breach-Reporting Channel for the Strait of Hormuz
The line is open now, at least on paper.A secure breach-reporting channel between the United States and Iran was formall...
Doha Talks Wrap Without a Breakthrough as Diplomacy Pauses for Khamenei's Funeral
Two days of talking produced a pause rather than a breakthrough.American and Iranian negotiators spent Tuesday and Wedne...
Israeli Threats, Lebanon Tensions, and a Ceasefire That Exists Mostly on Paper
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding says a lot of things. It commits to a 60-day ceasefire. It opens the Strait of H...