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January 14, 2024

Politics

Iowa caucuses: What voters are thinking ahead of Republican contest

By Editors Desk

January 13, 2024

Middle East

Military briefing: can the US and its allies stop the Houthis?

Joint American and UK attack sent a message but there are doubts whether battle-hardened Yemeni rebels can be cowed

© FT montage; UK ministry of defence/ AFP/Getty Images

January 13, 2024

United States

Extreme Cold Hammers Wide Swath of US Over Holiday Weekend

Blizzard conditions forecast for the Midwest, Great Lakes
Cold in Texas could push electricity demand near all-time high

Workers clear a sidewalk of snow in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 13, 2024.Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

January 13, 2024

Middle East

Much of Houthis’ Offensive Capability Is Intact After U.S.-Led Airstrikes

The first detailed assessments of the strikes in Yemen reveal the serious challenge facing the Biden administration as it seeks to deter the militia.

Palestinian children line up for a meal in Rafah, southern Gaza, where food is scarce, last month.Credit...Fatima Shbair/Associated Press

January 11, 2024

Middle East

US-UK coalition strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen after spate of ship attacks in Red Sea

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in recent weeks

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images, FILE

January 11, 2024

Middle East

Israel shows ‘chilling’ intent to commit genocide in Gaza, South Africa tells UN court

Case opens in The Hague with judges shown pictures and video as evidence of alleged genocide

By Editors Desk

Photograp: Hollandse Hoogte/Rex/Shutterstock

January 09, 2024

Military

Austin hospitalized from prostate cancer surgery complications

Doctors said that Austin is recovering well but did not provide a release date.

The medical update follows a tumultuous week in which top U.S. officials didn’t know that Austin was hospitalized. | Maya Alleruzzo/AP

January 09, 2024

Science & Environnement

'Ferocious' winter storm tearing across the US, heading for the East Coast: Updates

Tornado watch extends from Louisiana to Florida

A snowplow clears the parking lot outside the Horizon Family Restaurant on Jan. 8, 2024, in Sioux City, Iowa. Joe Raedle, Getty Images

January 09, 2024

United States

Disruptive winter storm to blast Midwest with blizzard conditions and threaten Southeast with tornadoes and floods

Storm to blast Midwest with blizzard conditions and threaten Southeast with tornadoes

Snow falls on the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines amid a powerful winter storm on Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

January 08, 2024

Foreign Policy

Antony Blinken arrives in Israel amid fresh US push to stop war spreading

US secretary of state poised for meetings with leaders who have so far proved resistant to pressure from Washington

By Editors Desk

Antony Blinken arrives in Tel Aviv during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

January 07, 2024

Middle East

Behind Iraq’s call to remove US-led forces

Iraq’s prime minister called for an end to US presence after a drone strike killed a senior militia leader.

By Editors Desk

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends a press conference with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (not pictured) in Baghdad on December 28, 2023. Thaier Al-Sudani/AFP via Getty Images

January 05, 2024

Science & Environnement

US braces for snow and heavy rain as major storm predicted for weekend

New England could see snow while heavy rainfall along the Gulf coast and snowfall and rain in the Rockies are predicted

By Editors Desk

A snow plow clears a road in Mammoth Lakes, California, on 3 January 2024. More snow is forecast for the Sierra Nevada mountains. Photograph: Samantha Lindberg/AP

January 04, 2024

World

Iran Vows Revenge Over Deadly Bomb Attack at Soleimani Memorial

Authorities investigate the pair of blasts amid regional tensions between Iranian-backed groups and Israel

Iranians waved images of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Tehran on Wednesday. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/SHUTTERSTOCK

January 03, 2024

National Security

Architect of Russia sanctions facing fresh corruption allegations

US Senator Bob Menendez was previously accused of acting as an agent on behalf of the Egyptian government

By Editors Desk

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) participates in a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC © Getty Images / Win McNamee/Getty Images

January 03, 2024

Society

Texas doctors do not need to perform emergency abortions, court rules

The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday night referred questions to the White House, which declined to comment.

By Editors Desk

Abortion rights advocates rally outside the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston on June 24, 2022. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/AP)

January 02, 2024

United States

Claudine Gay to resign as Harvard president, student newspaper reports

Paper reports Gay will step down amid pressure over response to questions about antisemitism and plagiarism allegations

Claudine Gay on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 5 December 2023. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

January 02, 2024

United States

Gender-neutral toy aisles, blackout license plates, anti-book bans: New laws for 2024

A new year brings new laws in several U.S. states, as 2024 gets underway.

Confetti fills the sky as the countdown to the new year is marked by the Ball Drop and fireworks during the Times Square New Year's Eve 2024 Celebration in New York City on Sunday. Photo: Roy Rochlin/WireImage

December 31, 2023

Asia

North Korea to launch 3 more spy satellites, Kim Jong Un says

Kim also ordered authorities to press ahead with work to manufacture more nuclear weapons.

By Editors Desk

December 31, 2023

Military

US Navy helicopters destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea after attempted hijack

The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" attempting to board a container ship in the Red Sea.

By Editors Desk

Reuters - Helicopters from the USS Eisenhower responded to the second distress call from a Danish container ship in 24 hours

December 29, 2023

Russia-Ukraine War

Russia launches 122 missiles in ‘most massive’ attack on Ukraine since start of war

Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 18 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.

By Editors Desk

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters work on a site of a building damaged after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 29, 2023. © Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP

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