WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in…
Read more Pentagon Pushes Defense Companies to Boost Weapons Production After Concerns of Depleted StocksBERLIN, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Two drones were spotted above a military base in western Germany late on Thursday, two days after an explosive-laden drone was found near…
Read more Drones Spotted Above German Military Base Two Days After Suspected Drone AttackMIAMI — Attorneys for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate argued Friday that the brothers’ high-profile, public lives and other factors constitute special circumstances for their release…
Read more Attorneys say Tate brothers should remain free in the US as they fight UK extraditionDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — Palestinians gathered on Tuesday for a mass funeral of more than 100 bodies finally recovered from a deadly Israeli strike in Gaza…
Read more Palestinians Hold Mass Funeral for 112 Bodies Finally Recovered From a 2023 Gaza StrikeEXETER, N.H. — Tucked inside a New Hampshire office park, a small refinery zaps mining waste with electricity to tease out critical minerals needed for key U.S. weapons…
Read more US companies are stepping up to cut reliance on China for critical minerals used in key weaponsBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed…
Read more Myanmar’s Detained Former Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Has Rare Meeting With International Red CrossCEUTA, Spain, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The death toll from Thursday’s mass rush into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco reached at least 72 on Sunday…
Read more Death Toll From Migrant Rush Into Ceuta Rises to 72By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of revellers will line Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday for the flagship event of WorldPride, promising a…
Read more Thousands Expected in Amsterdam for Boisterous WorldPride in Shadow of Berlin AttackVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Flight attendants at WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, threatened Thursday to go on strike over unpaid work, a move that could disrupt travel during the…
Read more WestJet flight attendants threaten to strike during long August weekend in CanadaMOSCOW, July 30 (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that its forces had carried out big overnight strikes on military factories across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv…
Read more Russia Says Its Big Overnight Strikes on Ukraine Hit Military Factories and Three ShipsBy Gabriel Stargardter, Humeyra Pamuk, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal PARIS/WASHINGTON July 29 (Reuters) – The United States is considering delaying, or even blocking, President Emmanuel Macron’s choice…
Read more Exclusive-US Mulls Scuppering France’s Washington Ambassador Pick Over Human Rights SpatWASHINGTON — The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol, moving forward…
Read more Senate takes first steps on Russian sanctions after meeting with ZelenskyyMIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Genevieve was roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land early Tuesday at the same time that the weakening Tropical Storm Fausto was bringing…
Read more Hurricane Genevieve Roars in the Pacific as Fausto Weakens to a Tropical Storm Near HawaiiPORT-AU-PRINCE, July 27 (Reuters) – Haiti’s electoral council on Monday set new dates for the country’s presidential elections, long-delayed due to deteriorating insecurity amid a conflict with powerful…
Read more Haiti Electoral Council Schedules Long-Delayed Presidential Vote for DecemberSAN SALVADOR, July 26 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s opposition parties have named Maytee Iraheta, a former lawmaker, as well as doctor and union leader Rafael Aguirre to run…
Read more El Salvador Opposition Pitch Former Lawmaker, Doctor to Run Against Bukele in 2027NEW YORK — Oil prices eased in early trading Sunday, falling further from a two-month high set last week, after the United States and Iran refrained from launching…
Read more Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacksJuly 26 (Reuters) – Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu has joined the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the seventh contender to succeed Antonio Guterres…
Read more Ugandan Diplomat Otunnu Joins Race to Become Next UN HeadCAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city…
Read more Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in YemenJuly 25 (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying on Saturday it resulted in an explosion…
Read more Iran Says Ukrainian Attack on Vessel in Caspian Sea Killed SailorALONG THE UKRAINE-BELARUS BORDER (AP) — More than four years after Russia launched its assault on Kyiv from Belarus, Ukraine is still fortifying the border it shares with…
Read more Ukraine Is Still Fortifying Its Border With Belarus Years After Russia Invaded From There
