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An Iranian-backed umbrella group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed an attack targeting the southern Israeli port city of Eilat. The militants are allied with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who are suspected of attacking a ship in the Gulf of Aden early Wednesday. Shipping has reduced drastically through the route crucial to Asian, Middle East and European markets in a campaign the Houthis say will continue as long as the Israel-Hamas war rages in the Gaza Strip. International criticism... Читать дальше...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets. The deal with the Justice Department concludes a drawn-out legal saga. The criminal case of international intrigue came to a surprise end in a most unusual setting with Assange entering his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday. Assange had flown from a London prison... Читать дальше...

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Aer Lingus pilots have launched an industrial action, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and tossing the travel plans of tens of thousands into disarray. Pilots imposed ‘’work to rule’’ actions, refusing to work overtime, accept changes in set rosters or take out-of-hours management requests. An eight-hour strike is planned on Saturday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lands in Australian capital Canberra after US legal battle ends.

Mark Rutte knows a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. He's learned it over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics. Now he will bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to NATO. The organization's ambassadors appointed the Dutch prime minister on Wednesday to NATO's top civilian post and Rutte will take up the job in October. The alliance’s secretary general chairs meetings and guides sometimes delicate consultations... Читать дальше...

Security forces in Pakistan have arrested two key commanders of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile southwest. The interior minister of Baluchistan province congratulated the security forces for “saving the country from possible high-profile attacks” by arresting the militants. He said the arrests, seen as a significant boost for Pakistan’s government, were part of a “sophisticated intelligence-based operation.” The government announced this week the launch of a nationwide crackdown on insurgents. Читать дальше...

Shares have advanced in Europe and Asia after a rebound for Nvidia offset weakness on Wall Street. Strength in technology shares spilled into Asian trading, pushing prices higher in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Oil prices and U.S. futures also were higher. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and neared its all-time high set a week earlier. The Nasdaq composite leaped 1.3% for its first gain in four days. But the majority of stocks on Wall Street outside artificial-intelligence winners fell. The Dow Jones... Читать дальше...

Next hearing in Russia for US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set for Aug. 13, court officials say.

Biden pardons potentially thousands of service members convicted under now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.

Authorities fired blanks to disperse protesters in Nairobi suburb overnight Wednesday, hours after protestors stormed parliament in deadly demonstrations, burning parts of the building while legislators fled, as the country grapples with controversial tax increases. Police said they fired over 700 blanks in Githurai, a suburb east of the capital Nairobi. Videos of gunfire piercing the night air were shared online and reported by local media. The military was deployed overnight to support police during... Читать дальше...

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in court for trial on espionage charges he, his employer and the U.S. deny.

Authorities say a suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden. The attack follows the departure of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower after an eight-month deployment in which the aircraft carrier led the American response to the Houthi assaults, which have reduced shipping drastically through the route. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said a merchant vessel off the coast of Aden reported a missile impact in the water nearby. Its crew was safe. Читать дальше...

Ceremonies and celebrations are planned near the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park to mark the recent birth of a white buffalo calf in the park, a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes. Witnesses saw the white calf shortly after its birth on June 4 in the Lamar Valley. For the Lakota people, the birth portends better times but also signals that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. Wednesday's ceremony will include announcing the name of the calf... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday.

The fate of Karen Read is in the hands of jurors after a two-month murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Jurors began deliberations Tuesday and must decide whether the Massachusetts woman angrily struck officer John O'Keefe with her SUV and left him for dead in January 2022. The defense says she was framed and that O'Keefe was actually beaten inside a fellow officer's home and then dumped out in the snow. Read is charged with second-degree murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, and other offenses.

Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. The renewed hijab push comes not quite two years since mass protests over the death Mahsa Amini after she was detained for not wearing a scarf to the authorities’ liking. The crackdown, which police are calling the Noor — or “Light” — Plan, began before President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, and... Читать дальше...

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 03-16-27-47-62, Mega Ball: 8, Megaplier: 4

An aircraft carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left Saipan heading to Australia.

A rapidly growing wildfire near the central Oregon community of La Pine is being spurred by gusty winds and prompting evacuations. The Oregon State Fire Marshal said the blaze began about one mile south of La Pine and was estimated to be around half a square mile in size late Tuesday. Gov. Tina Kotek invoked an order allowing the fire marshal to mobilize resources to help fight the blaze. It was not immediately clear how many homes were evacuated or if any structures had been destroyed. Firefighters... Читать дальше...

The drawn-out legal case involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has concluded with his guilty plea to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets. In a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, Assange was sentenced Wednesday to the five years he’d already served in a British prison while fighting extradition. It allows him to walk free and resolves the case that centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents.

Democrat George Latimer defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16th Congressional District on the strength of his showing in vote-rich Westchester County, according to an Associated Press analysis of initial vote results. The result marks the first primary defeat this year of a Democratic U.S. House incumbent. At the time AP called the race, Latimer held a 26-point lead in Westchester with almost half of the county’s estimated vote tabulated. Westchester accounts for about 90% of the district’s population. Читать дальше...

Spencer Cox wins Republican nomination for governor in Utah primary election.

John Curtis wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Utah primary election.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship farther away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group.