4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (361+ words) A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 75 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery there. Russian officials didn't say what…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1631+ words) When Austin police killed Michael Ramos, an unarmed Black and Latino man, in April 2020, followed weeks later by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, thousands of Austinites took to the streets to protest police violence. Thousands of protesters…...

10+ hour ago   (877+ words) Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, one of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders among a new generation of soldiers, said his forces could strike seven times more military targets in Crimea if the money pledged by Western allies came faster. Despite that shortfall,…...

17+ hour, 52+ min ago   (267+ words) El-Sayed said his Friday conversation with Obama was “really warm and inspiring." The candidate did not provide details. “I was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that…...

17+ hour, 40+ min ago   (376+ words) The landmark Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed on Friday by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the three countries seek to deepen security cooperation amid heightened…...

1+ day, 16+ min ago   (1191+ words) As U.S. immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, protesters with whistles and cellphone cameras assembled to oppose them. Two were shot and killed in the city's streets before Trump pulled back under…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (481+ words) The anniversary coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s government revising the country's defense policy to further bolster the military's offensive capability. Speculation has risen about whether Takaichi, who supports nuclear dissuasion, may allow nuclear weapons to be brought…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (920+ words) “I think Darline’s wonderful,” said Kathy Bustos of Mount Pleasant, after attending a Republican forum last week. But that doesn't mean Bustos wants to vote for her in the state's special primary on Tuesday. “I think it’s a very nice…...

2+ day, 14+ min ago   (864+ words) So did Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The three ex-presidents joined a roster of historians and authors in contributing to the In Pursuit project, a 250th-anniversary series that had each writer produce an essay about a president or first lady....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (673+ words) Iran issued dramatic new demands for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen as the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen’s military attacked the country's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey’s Kurdish peace…...