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Ukraine targets St. Petersburg again after Putin rejects offer for direct talks

Residents of St. Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia's second-largest city Saturday morning, underscoring Kyiv's growing ability to hit deep inside Russia. The attack came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused ...

Israeli airstrikes kill 9, including Lebanese army officers

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called the strike against its ...

A new exchange of fire with Iran in the Gulf tests the fragile ceasefire

CAIRO (AP) — Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait that were intercepted early Saturday, Bahrain's government said, and called on Tehran to halt attacks on Gulf neighbors that test a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East conflict. Iran said that it targeted ...

US military says it shot down drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. (AP) — The U.S. military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic's coastal surveillance radar sites in response. "The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional ...