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Syrian troops retreat from HamaNew: Just a week after taking Aleppo, jihadists and rebels seized another major city in Syria on Thursday. Government troops confirmed their departure from the west-central city of Hama on Thursday after…

Martial law, revokedFor six tense hours, South Korea experienced a self-coup brought about by an unpopular president Tuesday in Seoul. Police officers blockaded the National Assembly, and helicopters tried to prevent lawmakers from…

48 days to arm KyivThe Biden administration is racing to send weapons to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. An estimated $725 million in arms was announced Monday, including “substantial quantities of…

After a four-year freeze, jihadist rebels in Syria seized control of the country’s largest city of Aleppo on Friday and Saturday, prompting Russian airstrikes across the city—allegedly including at hospitals and medical facilities—as the…

Former President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees faced a series of threats overnight and on Wednesday morning. “Several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to…

Ceasefire pact for Israel, Lebanon Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.- and France-brokered ceasefire with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday, raising hopes that civilians can return safely to their homes across…

Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire, the White House announced Tuesday. U.S. President Joe Biden heralded the breakthrough as critical to pressuring Hamas to surrender Israeli hostages and agree to a…

More money for sub workWhite House asks Congress for $7.3 billion to goose submarine construction. That’s $5.69 billion to pay for cost overruns on three Virginia-class submarines and workforce development at General Dynamics Electric Boat…

Putin’s Ukraine invasion is gaining paceRussia’s invasion forces are “advancing at a significantly quicker rate than they did in the entirety of 2023,” especially around Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast, the Washington-based…

Russia will most likely provide the technology to help China build new and better submarines, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Saturday. “That has the potential of closing American undersea dominance to the PRC,” Adm. Sam…