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West Point Climate Professor Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’

Par : Michael C. Bender and Greg Jaffe
Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired.

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Cadets walking near Pershing Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2014. A West Point climate professor says he was fired for refusing to “defy science.”
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Trump’s Top Gaza Official Says Israel Is Jeopardizing the Cease-Fire

Par : Natan Odenheimer
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, criticized Israel for its ongoing strikes on what it says are Hamas targets, after it rejected a plan to disarm the group.

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An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Gaza City earlier this month.
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Ukraine’s Most Potent Weapon: The Software Orchestrating Its Drone Army

Par : Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova
The Delta system pulls together battlefield data to identify targets, creating a miles-wide “kill zone.” The technology is credited with helping to cut Russian advances to a near standstill.

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Officers from Ukraine’s First Separate Assault Regiment looking at live battlefield footage from drones, displayed through the Delta system, at a command bunker in eastern Ukraine in 2025.
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Israeli Lawmaker Smashes Palestinian Monument in West Bank

Par : Adam Rasgon
Videos showed Israeli troops standing by as Zvi Sukkot attacked the monument with a sledgehammer. The military said soldiers had stopped the demolition.

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The damaged Palestinian monument in the West Bank village of Madama on Tuesday.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Sailor Says Father Was Arrested by Border Patrol

Par : Christine Hauser
The sailor, Joshua Aviles, was on his way home from the Middle East aboard the beleaguered aircraft carrier when he learned his father had been detained.

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Joshua Aviles, right, with his father, Luis Manuel Aviles, in 2025, shortly before Joshua shipped out for the Middle East aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.
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U.S. Military Kills 2 People in Attack on Boat in Pacific

Par : Eric Schmitt
The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.

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A screen grab from a video posted by U.S. Southern Command on Monday showed what it said was a vessel operating along a drug-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific.
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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

Par : Andrew E. Kramer and Nicole Tung
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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U.S. Marines Cancel Drill With South Korea, Citing Iran War Demands

Par : Choe Sang-Hun
The move to call off the high-profile event was communicated in June, South Korea said. President Trump shortened another joint military exercise earlier this month.

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South Korean marines participate in the Ssangyong, or “Twin Dragons,” exercise in Pohang, South Korea, in 2024.
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

Par : Minho Kim
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.
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

Par : Alan Feuer
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.
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At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

Par : Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko
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.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

Par : John Ismay
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.
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Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

Par : Constant Méheut
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.
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Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

Par : Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
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.
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Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

Par : Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
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.
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Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children

Par : Madeleine Ngo
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.
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North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea

Par : Zane Irwin and Choe Sang-Hun
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.
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Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical Workers

Par : Isabel Kershner
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.
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Ukraine’s Ex-Defense Minister Calls for Election, Cementing Break With Zelensky

Par : Kim Barker
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.
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Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Trump Peace Plan

Par : Ephrat Livni and Abu Bakr Bashir
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.
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A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine

Par : Kim Barker · Dzvinka Pinchuk and Oksana Parafeniuk
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.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

Par : Helene Cooper
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.”
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Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza

Par : David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon
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.
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Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South

Par : Choe Sang-Hun
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

Par : Michael Schwirtz and Tyler Hicks
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.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing

Par : Erika Solomon
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.
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

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

Par : Aaron Boxerman · Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
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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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

Par : Edward Wong
Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.

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The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers

Par : David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon
Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers.

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Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Will Sudan’s El Obeid Become the Next El Fasher? What to Know.

Par : Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Taking El Obeid would allow the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to consolidate its hold on western Sudan, a significant strategic goal.

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Women gathering for a hot meal in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people near the city of El-Obeid in the southern Kordofan region of Sudan last month.
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Israeli Settlers Resume West Bank Siege After Eviction

Par : Natan Odenheimer and Fatima AbdulKarim
The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.

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Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies

Par : Marc Santora
The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.

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A vessel struck off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine, last month. The Russian campaign has halted nearly all shipping in and out of the port.
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Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos

Par : David M. Halbfinger · Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli soldiers gathered near Israeli settlers, forefront, near Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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