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As a U.S.-backed, U.N.-authorized force attempts to restore security, “self-defense brigades” pose a unique challenge.

Military action is still needed to deal with the threat from Tehran, Chris Wright said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Sunday’s visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner marks the first by President Donald Trump’s emissaries to the Ukrainian capital.

The nationalist, anti-immigrant party known as AfD, has been labeled “extremist” by German authorities, but is running strong in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

U.S. Central Command said the strikes were in response to the launch by Iran of missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships.

The U.S. envoys are expected to meet the Russian and Ukrainian presidents in turn. The effort comes as negotiations have stalled with little sign of a path to peace.

The aircraft carrier’s record-long Iran war deployment, which some of the crew described as a grueling odyssey, is winding down at last.

On opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, two stores tell the story of the iconic American brand’s diverging fortunes.

The embassy issued a health alert Friday warning of a “significant increase in diarrheal illnesses across Cuba” caused by contaminated water and inadequate refrigeration.

Five of Israel’s six desalinization plants are offline. Untreated wastewater from Gaza’s destroyed sewage system could be part of the problem, experts warn.