Kharkiv, a vibrant academic, cultural and industrial center before the February 2022 Russian invasion, is now Ukraine’s most vulnerable major metropolis. Badly battered at the start of the fighting, the city has in recent weeks come under the worst bombardment since those early days of war.
Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No” Zicari visited the spot where he spent the worst hours of his life. Now, at 101, he’s ready to go back for the 80th anniversary of the perilous fight. “I thought maybe it would be the best thing for me to do,” Zicari said. “The good Lord is keeping me alive for a reason.”
During his presidency, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has used Mexico’s armed forces to build airports, construct a nearly 1,000-mile long railroad through the Mayan jungle, and create a state-owned airline. And he has presided over the bloodiest term in the nation’s recent history.
Residents began sifting through the rubble after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they used a surface-to-air missile to shoot down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones, which cost $30 million a piece to produce. The U.S. military on Saturday acknowledged that an “MQ-9 drone crashed in Yemen.”
Lots of teams have expectations in softball’s season-ending championships that will result in two Far East winners
Hamas says it is reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensifies efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a possible Israeli ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Frankfurt, Germany, October 1948: Mrs. Oliver Johnson, left, a war bride married to an American sergeant, reads a magazine while son William snoozes on the sofa at the Rhein-Main airport.
Ramstein girls blast away in 7-4 victory, while Panthers boys earn 1-0 victory on late penalty kick.
Panthers sweep Vilseck in doubleheader to remain on first-place Ramstein’s heels with a few weekends left before season-ending championships.
The Marine killed Tuesday at Camp Pendleton in what base officials described as a “ground mishap” has been identified as Cpl. Miguel A. Maya, a 23-year-old aircraft avionics technician with the Marine Helicopter Light Attack Training Squadron 303.
U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza.
Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met on the last day of the week-long military exercise along the Suwalki Gap. The border is a strategically important stretch of land that’s considered a potential flashpoint area in case of a standoff between Russia and NATO.
The suggestion that Iran is sourcing weapons from Russia has raised concerns in Israel about the implications of expanding Moscow-Tehran defense ties — especially at a time when Israel and Iran appear closer than ever to all out war.
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