The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials. The subtle shift in messaging — which officials insist is not a change in policy — comes just weeks after the U.S. […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine have created a national registry to document cases of sexual violence allegedly committed by Russian forces, a senior prosecutor told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Viktoriia Litvinova, the country’s deputy prosecutor general, said that the registry was created out of a pilot project that had already resulted in […]
Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured, Philippine security officials said on Tuesday. The United States renewed a warning that it is obligated to defend […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip’s historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave’s southern city of Rafah, residents and medics said. Residents reported heavy bombardments from tanks and planes in several areas of Rafah, where more […]
By Mohammed Ghobari, Adam Makary and Jaidaa Taha ADEN (Reuters) -U.S. and British forces have carried out at least six airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah International Airport and four strikes on Kamaran Island near the port of Salif off the Red Sea, Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi movement, said on […]
JERUSALEM — An Israeli military mission to uncover Hezbollah combat positions and hidden cross-border routes has brought an ancient technology back to life, according to an expert and footage from the country’s northern border. Photos and video uploaded to social media show reservists with the Israel Defense Forces operating a trebuchet, a catapult-type tool used […]
A wildfire forced road closures and evacuations east of Cave Creek near the Riverside Campground in Tonto National Forest on Sunday as firefighters worked to battle the blaze. Tonto National Forest officials posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the fire — dubbed the Riverside Fire — caused Bartlett Dam Road to be closed […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — An explosion in southern Gaza killed eight Israeli soldiers, the military said Saturday, making it the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. The attack, coming more than eight months into a grinding war that shows few signs of ending soon, was likely to fuel new calls for a cease-fire by Israeli […]
Meridian Mayor Robert Simison says the Idaho Legislature made a poor decision about property taxes, and Meridian taxpayers are being forced to pay for it. Simision says a law enacted in 2021 in an effort to curb property tax increases is costing the city millions and forcing it to take more of residents’ property tax […]
Ukraine showed its drones can strike advanced aircraft at air bases inside Russia. Ukraine appears to be systematically attacking airbases with drones. Cheap drones may be one way to strike back at the Russian jets pummeling Ukraine with glide bombs. A recent Ukrainian drone strike appears to have damaged one, possibly two, of Russia’s rare […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Security forces stormed a detention center in southern Russia on Sunday, killing inmates who had taken two members of staff hostage, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Sunday. The hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. It said that the […]
Ukraine showed its drones can strike advanced aircraft at air bases inside Russia. Ukraine appears to be systematically attacking airbases with drones. Cheap drones may be one way to strike back at the Russian jets pummeling Ukraine with glide bombs. A recent Ukrainian drone strike appears to have damaged one, possibly two, of Russia’s rare […]