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Houthis’ Red Sea attacks pressure Saudis to back ground war Riyadh has spent 3 years trying to avoid
Saudi Arabia has stopped loading crude from its Red Sea coast amid ramped-up attacks from Iran-backed Houthis and is weighing whether to back a new Yemeni ground campaign to retake the shoreline from the rebel militants.
Trump grapples with cycle of violence, diplomacy and economic pressure as Iran war nears sixth month
President Trump predicted in March that his military “excursion” into Iran would last several weeks. Instead, he’s been trapped in a doom loop of violence and negotiations for nearly half the year, hamstrung by an aversion to deploying U.S. ground troops and the tenacity of a regime that’s been on a war footing for decades.
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Government fights trade judge’s order for tariff refunds to all importers
Government lawyers said a Court of International Trade judge overstepped his authority by ordering the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to issue refunds to all companies that paid tariffs that were deemed illegal in February, even those that didn't file a lawsuit in trade court.
Former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years has been released, his advocates say
Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.
Moolenaar presses Trump admin to confirm chip due-diligence rule still stands amid loophole fears
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar is pressing the Trump administration to formally confirm that a rule requiring chipmakers to vet their customers before exporting advanced artificial intelligence chips remains in force, warning that lingering ambiguity could reopen a loophole.
China fails to launch a rocket carrying a communications satellite, state news agency says
China 's launch of a rocket carrying a communications satellite on Monday evening was not successful, state media reported, adding that the cause of the failed launch was under investigation.
2 ex-Chinese military personnel arrested in South Korea for alleged espionage
Two former Chinese military service members were arrested in South Korea for alleged espionage, accused of acts including intercepting communications between fighter jets and ground control and collecting information on movements of U.S. armaments, police said Tuesday.
Authorities say 10 Nigerian police officers were killed in gunbattle with rebels in the north
A gunbattle between rebels and Nigerian security forces has left 10 police officers dead in a remote part of the country's conflict-battered north, authorities said Tuesday.
Russian aerial attacks kill 9 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns Moscow is getting more North Korea help
Russia bombarded Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs, killing at least nine civilians, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow is receiving new military help for its more than 4-year-old invasion from North Korea.
In rejecting Trump’s Gaza plan, Netanyahu reprises a balancing act he has mastered
It's possibly the most important job of any Israeli prime minister: maintain good relations with the United States while pushing back on demands seen as undermining Israel's security.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city, and other developments in the Mideast
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renewed their attacks Tuesday on government-controlled areas in Yemen as ongoing violence threatened to reignite the country's civil war and raised fears over new threats to shipping lanes.
Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
President Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.
Canada puts the military on standby as British Columbia wildfires kill 1 and displace thousands
Canada put its military on standby Monday to help battle deadly wildfires in British Columbia as a local mayor warned that one of the blazes had wreaked huge destruction on his community. A woman has died and some 20,000 people have fled their homes so far.
