Israeli ministers escalate campaign rhetoric with AI ads as Gaza strikes widen ahead of tight October election., Ahead of an October election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is behind in the polls, far-right Israeli ministers have turned the machinery of occupation into campaign material over the last weekContinue Reading
As the legislative session moves closer to the end, California lawmakers will decide on bills that tackle issues including social media safety and AI’s impact on jobs., Read MoreContinue Reading
A former gang leader, Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis was accused of orchestrating the killing, and is the only person to ever be tried or convicted in the case. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports., ReadContinue Reading
Vice President JD Vance seized on a recent comment by Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about Second Lady Usha Vance.Continue Reading
Mortgage standards are tighter, leading some homebuyers to use alternative financing methods that can lack consumer protections.Continue Reading
On 1 September — the day Ukraine marks Knowledge Day, when schoolchildren and students are meant to begin the new academic year — Russia launched a massive attack on Kyiv and its region with ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones. Moscow used different types of its fast, deadly weapons, including ship-launchedContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin. It means finding a launcher in a forest during the twenty minutes it spends above ground. A rare Ukrainian Bulat tank turned up in a brigade that never had them. UkraineContinue Reading
For Americans, it’s been a real tough summer for figuring out what foods are safe to eat. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced 26 notices for food products this August alone (not including pet food). Including drugs, that total increased to 46 recalls. That’s a notable increase from AugustContinue Reading
Understanding a country’s strategic culture helps assess how it will react to crisis, negotiation, and national security events. Strategic culture generally is static and when it evolves, it happens slowly, as history, events, and culture accumulate over generations. In 2021, the prevailing view of Ukraine’s strategic culture was that itContinue Reading
Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, I have watched and listened to nearly every piece of news coverage and analysis from U.S. policymakers, pundits, and the media. What continues to puzzle me is how often the Islamic Republic is treated as a rational government operating under conventional norms. TheContinue Reading
Pogroms in the occupied West Bank continue, with Israeli forces demolishing homes and settlers attacking residents., Pogroms in the occupied West Bank continue, with Israeli forces demolishing homes in Birzeit and Nablus, and settlers attacking Palestinians. Israeli forces have demolished more Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, as settlersContinue Reading
Analysts say Israel could benefit when UNIFIL’s mandate expires on December 31., With the nearly 50-year United Nations peacekeeping mandate in southern Lebanon set to expire at the end of 2026, proposals for a European Union mission to fill some part of the vacuum have attracted attention. Lebanon, still underContinue Reading
Incoming CEO inherits company that leads the smartphone market but trails rivals in AI., John Ternus takes over as Apple’s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence. One of his biggest challenges will be balancing the company’sContinue Reading