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At least three sailors were killed in Russian attacks on four merchant ships in the Black Sea over two days. Two vessels sank, another sailor was killed in a drone strike, and the crew of a ship sunk inside Bulgaria’s economic zone remains missing.

Editor’s note: Nicole is taking some much-deserved time off around her birthday...

Chris Murphy said he was able to meet US diplomats in the Gulf, but the Pentagon prevented him from visiting al-Udeid air base

August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005

Simon Andriesz reached out to me directly in the weeks before he died. What follows draws on that conversation, on the BBC investigation that named him, and on what he and other whistleblowers said at...

Simon Andriesz found the 2018 Lutnick-Epstein emails by searching for three initials. His family says he took his own life in Thailand on 23 September. MPs want the UK regulator's treatment of him examined.

US Navy helicopter disappears after declaring emergency over Red Sea near Saudi Arabia A US Navy helicopter disappeared from publicly available flight-tracking data after it declared and emergency over the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia. The Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk declared an emergency at approximately 9.20 pm GMT on Monday while flying near Yanbu, located on Saudi Arabia's western coast.

A Siberian plague lab technician is dead, more than 60 colleagues are locked inside and Russia says it was pneumonia. The US says Russia runs a bioweapons programme, Trump offers help, a former congressman wants flights to Russia stopped and the EU is watching closely.

Why a mysterious death in Siberia has captured our attention while far more consequential outbreaks struggle to do the same

The First Circuit temporarily overturned a lower court’s order for the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate its collective bargaining agreement even after the pact was slated to expire.

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.

The US Air Force has removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, it has revealed.

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.

Israel says it killed head of Turkish NGO, Hamas commander in separate Gaza strikes The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had killed the director of a Turkish NGO in a strike, accusing him of being a member of Hamas's armed wing. Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah had earlier announced the death of Saqr Nabil Musa Qais, who led the Turkish humanitarian organisation Deniz Feneri, in a strike on a vehicle in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Israeli army accused Qais of maintaining "ties with senior leaders of the Hamas terrorist organisation as well as with officials within the Turkish leadership," without providing any evidence. In a separate statement, the Israeli army also said it had killed a commander of Hamas's armed wing in another strike in the same area. Since the genocide began in October 2023, Israeli forces have killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 175,000 others.

DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned and Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be in charge of the ministry as acting minister, state media said on Sunday, without providing a reason for the resignation. Mohsen Paknejad has been the oil minister of the OPEC member country since August 2024 and resigns as the seven-month war between Iran and the US puts pressure on the country's economy.

Republican congressional nominee Jennifer Balkcom struggled to answer questions in an interview, repeatedly pausing and admitting she was “not sure.” The post Republican Candidate Turns in Disastrous Interview – Complete With Wildly Long Pause first appeared on Mediaite.