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South Korea Braces for Worst Case as Trump Cuts Ulchi Freedom Shield Drills

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises were already underway on Monday when Donald Trump announced he had told the Pentagon to cut them. the exercises were to be "substantial... Read More


Bulgaria Receives 2 US Anti-Drone Systems From Axon After Ukrainian Drone Breaches NATO Airspace

SOFIA, Aug. 18 -- Nine days after a Ukrainian drone drifted across Bulgarian airspace and crashed within two hundred meters of a border checkpoint, the first two anti-drone systems ordered by Sofia un... Read More


L3Harris CEO Christopher Kubasik Fired for Code of Conduct Violation, Sam Mehta Takes Over

ARLINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sam Mehta began his first week as chief executive of L3Harris Technologies before most of the company's employees knew his predecessor was gone. Christopher Kubasik, who had led... Read More


Federal Judge Blocks Trump's FBI Headquarters Move to Reagan Building, Clears Path to Greenbelt

GREENBELT, Aug. 18 -- A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked the Trump administration from moving the Federal Bureau of Investigation's headquarters to a downtown Washington office building, ru... Read More


Gaza War: Kushner Meets Hamas in Egypt to Push Peace Deal Netanyahu Already Rejected

ALAMEIN, Aug. 17 -- More than 1,250 Palestinians have been killed since a ceasefire began in October 2025. The bombs did not stop. On Saturday, Jared Kushner, the US president's son-in-law and person... Read More


Iran War: Tehran Puts $30,000 Bounty on US Troops as Persian Gulf Ceasefire Nears Collapse

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 -- An American soldier's life is worth $30,000 in Tehran. That is the price Iran's Army formally put on American troops Sunday, offering a bounty for the killing or capturing of any Un... Read More


UNIFIL Logs Israeli Warships in Lebanese Waters With Four Months Left

BEIRUT, Aug. 17 -- United Nations peacekeepers watched Israeli naval vessels operate inside Lebanon's territorial waters and wrote it down. They have four and a half months left to write anything down... Read More


Trump's World Liberty Financial Wins OCC Bank Charter in a US Presidential First

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency handed conditional approval on August 15 to World Liberty Trust Co. to operate as a national trust bank - a move that makes Donald ... Read More


Princess Eugenie Names Daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina, Honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Portuguese Roots

LISBON, Aug. 17 -- Two weeks after welcoming her daughter into the world in Portugal, Princess Eugenie broke a quiet that felt intentional, the kind of pause a mother takes when she knows the weight o... Read More


Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Calls for Killing '30 to 40' Palestinians in Gaza Every Night

JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 -- Israel's far-right national security minister escalated his public calls for mass killing in Gaza this week, stating on a podcast that Israeli forces should "kill 30 or 40" peopl... Read More