DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the…
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Two reasons the US and Iran look set to fight again
President Donald Trump successfully leveraged a short, sharp burst of highly targeted military force against Iran’s nuclear program.
The United States’s airstrikes have caused significant damage to three key Iranian nuclear facilities….
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Japanese airlines forced to cancel flights after manga author predicts disaster
A manga called The Future I Saw has had a number of frighteningly accurate predictions about disasters in the world since its original publishing in 1999. A 2021 re-print added a reference to a disaster on July 5, 2025, and the superstition led…
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Hundreds of flights canceled at Russian airports ‘to ensure flight safety’
As of Sunday evening, 287 flights were canceled and another 106 delayed at airports in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Nizhny Novgorod due to flight restrictions imposed “to ensure flight safety.”
That is according to the Telegram channel Astra, citing data from Russia’s…
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NATO’s mega spending pleases Trump
A large-scale NATO military exercise earlier this year. Credit…Davide Monteleone for The New York Times
Viewed through the Cold War prism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s decision at its recent summit meeting at the Hague to boost…
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Pope heads to summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo for first time in 12 years
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after…
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One injured as Russian forces launch over 30 attacks in Dnipropetrovsk region today
Russian troops carried out more than 30 attacks using artillery and drones on two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, injuring a 51-year-old man.
Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, announced this on
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BRICS summit opens in Brazil with key leaders notably absent
BRICS leaders set to discuss key global political issues in Rio de Janeiro, but questions over the bloc’s cohesion arise as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin opt to skip the summit.
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