The Strait of Hormuz Is a Vital Route for Oil. Closing It Could Backfire on Iran The Strait of Hormuz is between Oman and Iran, which boasts a fleet of fast-attack boats and thousands of naval mines as well...
London's Secret Wartime Tunnels Are Set to Draw Tourists with a Spy Museum and Underground Bar A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination.
Okinawa Marks 80 Years Since End of One of Harshest WWII Battles with Pledge to Share Tragic History The Battle of Okinawa killed a quarter of the island's population, leading to a 27-year U.S. occupation and a heavy American...
Russian Attacks on Ukraine Kill at Least 10 and Injure Dozens Russian drones and missiles killed at least 10 civilians in Ukraine in nighttime attacks, local officials said Monday, with...
Afghan Ally Who Aided the US Military Caught in Trump's Immigration Dragnet An Afghan man who fled to the United States after he says his brother was murdered by the Taliban in retaliation for working...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
US Starts Evacuating Some Diplomats From its Embassy in Israel as Iran Conflict Intensifies There was no indication of how many diplomats and family members departed on the flight or how many may have left by land...
Hegseth Demurs on Possible US Military Action Against Iran Amid Trump Saber-Rattling The hearing -- Hegseth's fourth and final appearance before Congress in a week -- came as Israel and Iran have been...
Trump Administration Demands Action from 36 Countries to Avoid Travel Ban The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a deadline to commit to improve vetting of travelers...
Iran's Leader Rejects Call to Surrender, Saying US Intervention Would Cause 'Irreparable Damage' Iran's supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
