Ukrainian drones hit sites across Russia, killing 9 and wounding 80

Ukrainian drones struck two sprawling warehouses, one of them just east of Moscow, as part of attacks overnight and on Saturday afternoon that killed nine people and wounded more than 80, Russian officials said. Kyiv’s forces have pressed their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia.

US military says 2 troops dead and 1 missing after Iran attacks Jordan base

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, with two killed and another missing in an attack on a base in Jordan after days of intensifying exchanges of fire.

US launches strikes against Iran as battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies

United States launches strikes against Iran as battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies

Editorials from The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian and others

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BEIJING (AP) – China on Friday said it has never interfered in U.S. elections and has no interest in doing so, urging Washington to stop making what it described as “groundless accusations” after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of meddling in the 2020 election.

Sen. Ossoff fuels reelection campaign with attacks on Trump

ATLANTA (AP) – Nearly a decade ago, Jon Ossoff was a 30-year-old Democratic congressional candidate promising Georgia suburban voters he would “cut wasteful spending” and make “both parties in Washington” be “accountable to you.” His Republican opponent even complained that Ossoff “talks like a Republican.”

Indian police forcibly hospitalize Cockroach Party activist on hunger strike

NEW DELHI (AP) – Police forcibly transferred a prominent activist to a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike tied to India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party movement for education reform.

How the Strait of Hormuz is monitored as US-Iran conflict escalates

How the Strait of Hormuz is monitored as US-Iran conflict escalates

Hungary's president signs constitutional amendment ending his term

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Hungary’s president signed a constitutional amendment into law on Saturday that ends his term in office, bringing to a close a dispute between him and the country’s new government that was seeking to oust him as part of a purge of officials appointed during the reign of Viktor Orbán.