Moscow is massing additional combat power in eastern Donbas for an expected offensive in the coming weeks.
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National Enquirer tabloid, caught in ‘catch-and-kill’ scandal, is sold
In 2018, the parent company admitted to engaging in a journalistically dubious practice known as ‘catch-and-kill’ in order to help Donald Trump become president.
Norway looks to donate $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the money would be split evenly between military and humanitarian assistance over five years.
Rescuers scramble in Turkey, Syria after quake kills thousands
After night fell, workers were still sawing away slabs and pulling out bodies as desperate families waited for news on trapped loved ones.
Powerful 7.8 quake knocks down buildings in Turkey, Syria
At least 100 were killed, and the toll was expected to rise.
Massachusetts woman to be arraigned in deaths of her three children
An attorney for Lindsay Clancy says medications trapped her in ‘a living hell.’
Biden’s State of the Union to tout policy wins on economy
‘Jobs are up, wages are up, inflation is down, and COVID no longer controls our lives,’ Biden told the Democratic National Committee on Friday.
U.S. officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
Lawmakers also want to review documents discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence.
Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79
Pervez Musharraf, the former four-star Pakistani army general who governed the South Asian nation for nearly a decade after coming to power in a 1999 bloodless coup, has died. He was 79. He died after a long ailment in Dubai, said Raza Bokhari, a former spokesman and close aide. Musharraf, who was Pakistan’s fourth military […]
Ukraine defense minister expects help from Western warplanes
Several Western leaders have expressed concern that providing warplanes could provoke the Kremlin and draw their countries deeper into the conflict.