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Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region's airspace
The conflict between Israel and Iran has forced many countries in the Middle East to close their airspace, as Israeli jets ...
As travel ban begins, WA Afghan immigrant races to reunite with family
A Washington man hadn't seen his family since he was evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021. He'd been working to reunite with ...
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AI chatbots wrongly claimed Gavin Newsom’s troop photos were from Afghanistan
As President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests, California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted photos he said showed how the service ...
Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds losing their lives
Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort ...
Afghan refugee office is a corrupt failure — Trump is right to shut it down
Biden’s “Enduring Welcome” program failed in its basic mission: to ensure that ONLY Afghans who served honorably alongside ...
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How AI chatbots falsely described photos Gavin Newsom shared of sleeping troops
California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. Photos posted June 9 on X by California Gov. Gavin Newsom had ...
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Hegseth orders new review of Afghanistan withdrawal and suicide bombing at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered another review of the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and of the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport ...