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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

Par : Minho Kim
21 août 2026 à 22:37
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

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Service members reading Stars and Stripes in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, in September 1969. The publication has a long history of independent reporting on the U.S. military.

Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

21 août 2026 à 20:54
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

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A report by the Center for American Progress determined that there was “no evidence” that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country had affected the crime rate.

At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

21 août 2026 à 10:43
Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.

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Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

20 août 2026 à 14:21
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent almost the entirety of the time since at sea.

Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

20 août 2026 à 10:20
Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.

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Evacuating a resident from a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.

Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

20 août 2026 à 05:04
President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.

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American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.

Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

20 août 2026 à 05:04
President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.

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American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.

Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children

19 août 2026 à 20:08
The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.

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Migrants entered the Paso Del Norte International Bridge for their Customs and Border Protection appointments in early 2025.

North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea

20 août 2026 à 06:20
Kim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was “unaware” of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump’s claim her brother had responded to his outreach.

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South Korean soldiers took part in a drill at a hotel in Seoul on Wednesday on the sidelines of a major joint military exercise with the United States named Ulchi Freedom Shield.

Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical Workers

19 août 2026 à 16:18
Two high-profile cases that had spurred international condemnation of the country’s conduct in Gaza were transferred to the military police. Such investigations have rarely led to convictions.

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A car where the bodies of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl, and her family were found in Gaza City after an Israeli strike in 2024.

Ukraine’s Ex-Defense Minister Calls for Election, Cementing Break With Zelensky

19 août 2026 à 08:53
Mykhailo Fedorov, a popular young leader who was fired last month, said Russia should not be allowed to dictate when Ukrainians can choose their next government.

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Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month. He did not immediately put himself forward as a candidate to succeed President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Trump Peace Plan

18 août 2026 à 17:13
A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.

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Palestinians mourned loved ones at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after a cafe near the Gaza port was attacked.

A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine

18 août 2026 à 16:55
They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.

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Liliia Prutian, 55, a military medic and a former POW, who spent more than 2 years in Russian captivity, at a rehabilition center Lisova Poliana in Kyiv region, Ukraine, in February.

Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

17 août 2026 à 02:16
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”

Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza

17 août 2026 à 17:23
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country’s military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.

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Jared Kushner speaking about the Board of Peace, an organization backed by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.

Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South

17 août 2026 à 06:57
President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.

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How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones

17 août 2026 à 16:38
Ukrainian drone teams have a powerful new tool: near real-time information on troop movements and locations.

A Ukrainian soldier preparing a drone for a strike on a Russian target in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine last month.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing

17 août 2026 à 04:29
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

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A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.

U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

17 août 2026 à 10:04
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

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People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.

As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

16 août 2026 à 13:39
The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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