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Iran’s supreme leader killed in major attack by US and Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. President ...

Pakistan carries out airstrikes inside Afghanistan as ‘open war’ on border continues

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military, backed by artillery and air power, struck more military installations deep inside Afghanistan overnight after Pakistan said it was in "open war" with its eastern neighbor. Pakistan on Saturday claimed more than 330 Afghan forces had been killed since ...

Trump’s ‘America First’ campaign battle cry gives way to military strikes abroad

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, whose fierce denunciation of military adventurism abroad fueled his unlikely rise to the top of the Republican Party, risks becoming ensnared by that very type of conflict. The U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran Saturday cemented Trump's decade-long ...

Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan's defense minister to say on Friday that the two countries are in a state of "open war." Afghanistan launched an attack on Pakistan late Thursday, saying it ...

Rubio defends US ouster of Venezuela’s Maduro to unsettled Caribbean leaders

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended the Trump administration's military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, telling Caribbean leaders, many of whom objected to that move, that the country and the region were better off ...

Cuba says it killed 4 aboard Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire

HAVANA — Cuban soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the soldiers first, the Cuban government said Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that he was made aware of the ...