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Ukrainian soldiers, engineers add metal netting to US tanks and vehicles to protect against Russian drones
A U.S.-made Abrams tank is seen with a metal additions in this photo supplied by Ukraine’s Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, which blurred the background to hide the location. — Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front in Ukraine [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel says progress was made in cease-fire negotiations
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Cease-fire talks resume in Qatar
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for [Read More…]

Russian court sentences American Ksenia Karelina, former ballerina, to 12 years for treason
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ksenia Karelina, a dual American-Russian citizen, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in a Russian penal colony on treason charges, local media reported. Karelina was arrested in January, according to [Read More…]

Ukraine says it now controls over 80 Russian settlements, including town of Sudzha
Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine now controls over 80 Russian settlements, including the town of Sudzha, since launching its major incursion into the Kursk region last week, Ukrainian officials said [Read More…]

As a father was registering his twins’ birth in Gaza, an airstrike killed the 3-day-olds and their mother at home
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and GAZA STRIP) — When he left his home on Tuesday morning to get birth certificates for his newborn twins, Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan never imagined he would return with [Read More…]

Gaza death toll surpasses 40,000 in grim milestone, says Hamas-run Health Ministry
People stand by the tombs of a family members after corpses were unearthed from temporary graves at the al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and handed over to their families for [Read More…]

Nearly 200,000 Russians being evacuated after massive Ukrainian attack
Russian Emergencies Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel to attend cease-fire talks, Hamas rejects offer
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for [Read More…]

On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971: The Who release ‘Who’s Next’
On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971… English rockers The Who released their iconic album Who’s Next, featuring such future Who classics as “Baba O’Riley,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” and “Behind Blue Eyes.” The album was originally conceived as [Read More…]

Sudan at ‘breaking point’ amid civil war as US-mediated cease-fire talks set to begin
Members of a ‘joint security cell’ made up of various military and security services affiliated with Sudan’s army, brandish rifles as they take part in a parade in Gedaref city in the east of the [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu accuses official of ‘anti-Israel narrative’
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for [Read More…]

No active wildfires after hundreds of firefighters battled outbreak near Athens
Volunteers fight a wildfire near Penteli, on August 12, 2024. Greece’s civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day [Read More…]

Ukraine trying to push deeper into Russia, as advance appears slowed by Russian reinforcements
Ukrainian tank crew take a break while operating a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty [Read More…]

Violent wildfires curbed near Athens, as hundreds of firefighters battle blazes and European countries send help
Volunteers fight a wildfire near Penteli, on August 12, 2024. Greece’s civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day [Read More…]

Hundreds of firefighters battle violent wildfires near Athens, as Greece requests European help
Volunteers fight a wildfire near Penteli, on August 12, 2024. Greece’s civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day [Read More…]

US says it’s preparing for ‘significant’ Iran attack on Israel as early as ‘this week’
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise, March 6, 2012. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerine Lee/U.S. Navy, FILE) (WASHINGTON) — The White House is warning that the [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: US is ‘strengthening’ military force in Middle East
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. Here’s how the news is developing: CIA director, Biden aide [Read More…]

Ukrainian troops have captured 28 settlements amid Kursk incursion, Russia says
fhm/Getty Images (KURSK, Ukraine) — Ukrainian troops have captured more than two dozen settlements in Russia’s western Kursk region since launching its incursion nearly a week ago, as thousands of residents have been ordered to [Read More…]

Wildfire spreads near Athens amid scorching heat, prompting evacuations
A house burns during a wildfire in Varnavas, north of Athens, on August 11, 2024. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Hundreds of firefighters were battling fast-moving wildfires Monday near Athens amid scorching temperatures [Read More…]