IS claims killing of Taliban official in Afghanistan
A regional branch of the Islamic State group has claimed a rare deadly attack on a Taliban official in northeastern Afghanistan, a monitoring group said....
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Fauci repeatedly invokes fifth in contentious senate hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about...
US military launches ‘powerful’ retaliatory strikes on Iran
The United States military launched “powerful” strikes on Iran on Thursday, in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks targeting US bases in Jordan as the Middle East...
Zelensky hails ‘good’ Trump talks on Patriot air defenses
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed a “good meeting” with US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, saying they discussed licenses to produce...
US intercepts Iran missiles, strikes Iraq militias
The US military said Tuesday it intercepted a barrage of Iranian missiles targeting American forces in the Middle East and, along with Saudi forces, struck...
New left media ecosystem reshapes democrats
Farah Berent, a teacher in Michigan, used to learn about politics from channels like ABC, CBS and CNN. But that changed as she decided that...
AI slowdown urged after security scare
Over 1,000 employees at cutting-edge AI companies, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, signed a petition Tuesday calling on the US government to help slow down...
7.1 quake jolts, 7 dead
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and causing a blast at a...
Zelensky expected to secure Trump’s support
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected at the White House on Tuesday for talks with Donald Trump, to try again to win the US president’s...
US plans hundreds of millions more in anti-China spending worldwide
The Trump administration is preparing to increase funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programmes aimed at countering China’s growing global influence, after many...
Rohingya asylum seekers detained
Rights group Amnesty International voiced concern on Tuesday after Malaysian police detained more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers at a UN facility in Kuala Lumpur....