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A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine
Politics & Policy

Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

Both sides in the war are rushing to evacuate residents and blaming each other for the destruction.

3 days ago

President Joe Biden stands with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the national anthem is played at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery
Community

Biden attends Delaware Mass to mark 8 years since son Beau’s death from brain cancer

Beau Biden also served in Delaware’s Army National Guard, including a deployment to Iraq, where the president says he was exposed to toxic gases from burn pits.

2 weeks ago

he Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022
Politics & Policy

Pentagon leak suspect was warned multiple times about mishandling of classified information

Justice Department lawyers made the disclosure Wednesday in a court papers urging a magistrate judge to keep Jack Teixeira behind bars while he awaits trial.

3 weeks ago

Workers load grain at a port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26. A United Nations-backed deal has been extended allowing shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger.
NPR
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The Ukraine grain deal is extended 2 months, helping ease the global food crisis

An agreement allowing Ukrainian grain to ship through the Black Sea has been extended for two months just a day before its expiration.

3 weeks ago

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed by French Prime minister Elisabeth Borne upon his arrival at Villacoublay Air Base, southwest of Paris, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. 
(Thomas Samson, Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Paris for talks with French President Macron

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron.

4 weeks ago

South Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol​​, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave from the Blue Room Balcony during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Washington
Politics & Policy

U.S. to dock nuclear subs in South Korea for 1st time in 40 years

The dock visits are a key element of what’s called the “Washington Declaration.”

1 month ago

This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines at Abbey Gate before a suicide bomber struck outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan
Politics & Policy

Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

Officials say the Taliban have killed the Islamic State group militant who spearheaded the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1 month ago

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington
Politics & Policy

U.S. facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan

U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation at the U.S. Embassy in Sudan on Sunday.

2 months ago

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan
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Sudan fighting hastens evacuations of diplomats, citizens

While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos.

2 months ago

Pakistan Beautician paints customers hands for Eid al-Fitr
Community

Muslims end Ramadan, begin holiday amid war, reconciliation

Large parts of the Muslim world are preparing to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, amidst conflict and tragedy.

2 months ago

People walk past shuttered shops in Khartoum, Sudan
Politics & Policy

Sudan truce goes into effect as fighting rages in capital

The truce, reported by several Arab media outlets, began Tuesday at 6 p.m. local time. But fighting continued in parts of the capital, Khartoum.

2 months ago

A man sits by shuttered shops in Khartoum
Politics & Policy

Sudan’s generals battle for 3rd day; death toll soars to 185

The clashes are part of a power struggle between the armed forces chief and the leader of a paramilitary force.

2 months ago

he Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022
NPR
Politics & Policy

Air National Guardsman arrested as suspected leaker of Pentagon documents

The FBI has arrested a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeira, as a suspect in the leak of classified intelligence documents.

2 months ago

A person rolls a bicycle through the mud in Ukraine.
Politics & Policy

U.S. investigating whether Ukraine war documents were leaked

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the possible release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites.

2 months ago

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, (left) shakes hands with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) after handing over his nation's accession document during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters
Politics & Policy

Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia over Ukraine war

With the Nordic nation entering the world’s biggest security alliance, NATO's land border with Russia has doubled.

2 months ago

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