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The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary cease-fire linked to the release of hostages held b…

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It seemed like the 2024 equivalent of a Sputnik moment: In a cryptic statement on Feb. 14, a U.S. lawmaker privy to U.S. intelligence warned of a grave but unspecified security threat from Russia.

BAGHDAD - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying it was a sign Tehran wants to prevent a broader conflict.

KYIV - Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv's military chief said on Saturday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of the city "an important victory."

CAIRO — Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he does not expect the Republican-led chamber will consider President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars more aid for Ukraine before mid-March, after it debates broader spending bills.

KYIV - Outnumbered Ukrainian defenders were fighting fierce battles inside the small eastern city of Avdiivka on Friday, commanders said, as Russian forces closed in on the strategic location ahead of their invasion's two-year mark.

WASHINGTON  - President Joe Biden wants an 18% cut in the number of F-35 jets the Pentagon buys next year after Congress' cap on the size of the upcoming defense budget compelled the administration to find savings, two sources familiar with the situation said.

TILTON — The New Hampshire Veterans Home is accepting applications for their Licensed Nursing Assistant Trainee (LNAT) course to build a career in the nursing field. Students are full-time State of NH employees eligible for benefits and earn $19.52 per hour while learning in this expense-pai…

WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the United States would not back down from supporting Ukraine in the short and long-term, even as President Joe Biden's administration has run out of money for Kyiv and a request for additional funds is languishing in the Rep…

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from a military hospital on Tuesday and will attend a Ukraine-related virtual meeting Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the Pentagon chief struggles in the wake of prostate cancer surgery.

WASHINGTON — Democratic President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including the top Senate Republican, on Tuesday urged the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to take up a $95.34 billion military aid package for Ukraine and other allies.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin canceled a trip to Brussels for NATO defense talks after being admitted to a military hospital for a second time this year, the Pentagon said on Monday.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA — Talks involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough on Tuesday as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on the southern end of the enclave, crammed with over a million displaced people.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said on Monday the United States is pushing for a six-week pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as a stepping stone toward a longer cease-fire.

JERUSALEM - The Israeli strikes that lit up the night in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday sent pulses of fear through the 1.4 million Palestinians for whom that strip of land has become a shelter of last resort.

KYIV  - Russian forces are obtaining Starlink terminals illicitly from third countries and they are increasing their use on the front line, the Ukrainian military spy agency's spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, without explaining how he knew.

DOHA/JERUSALEM — Israel on Monday freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas in Rafah in a ferocious rescue operation that killed 74 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city where about one million civilians have sought refuge from months of bombardments.

WASHINGTON — A narrowly divided Senate moved closer to passing a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Sunday, showing undiminished bipartisanship despite opposition from Republican hardliners and Donald Trump.

WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the roughly 1 million people sheltering there, the White House said.

PARIS — President Joe Biden and top western officials criticized former President Donald Trump on Sunday after he suggested the United States might not protect NATO allies who aren’t spending enough on defense from a potential Russian invasion.

One of the five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash in California earlier this week was from New Hampshire, military officials confirmed Friday, the second Granite State service member to die in a chopper crash in the past three months.

DOHA/JERUSALEM — Israeli forces geared up on Friday for a ground assault on Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence further north are trapped in desperate conditions.