Mass graves with 171 bodies discovered in eastern Congo after M23 rebel withdrawal
Congolese authorities say they have found two mass graves containing at least 171 bodies on the outskirts of Uvira, a city in eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group recently vacated. The discovery, announced Thursday by South-Kivu province governor Jean-Jacques Purusi, lands squarely in the middle o...
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FBI scales back Tucson search for abducted Nancy Guthrie, shifts command post to Phoenix
Twenty-six days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home, the FBI has scaled back its search in the city and will relocate its command post to Phoenix, roughly 110 miles away. Some agents will remain in Tucson, but the nerve center of the investigation is moving on. No suspe...
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Pentagon deploys experimental kamikaze drone squadron as Iran nuclear talks stall in Geneva
The Pentagon has approved the deployment of Task Force Scorpion, an experimental military drone unit designed for one-way attacks, just as diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Iran collapsed Thursday in Geneva. The timing is not coincidental. President Trump has overseen a massive m...
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North Carolina mother missing for 24 years was found alive and arrested on a decades-old DUI warrant
Michele Hundley Smith, a North Carolina mother of three who vanished in December 2001, was found alive last week and promptly arrested on a 24-year-old warrant for failing to appear in court on a DUI charge. According to the Daily Mail, Smith was 38 when she left her home near Eden, North Carolina, ...
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Coast Guard intercepts six smuggling vessels, detains 82 illegal immigrants off Southern California coast
The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted six vessels suspected of maritime smuggling off the Southern California coast over the weekend, apprehending 82 illegal immigrants in a series of coordinated operations that included warning shots and a rapid-fire 90-minute interdiction of five boats south of San Cle...
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Florida launches investigation after Cuba claims it killed four people aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat near the Keys
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has opened a full investigation into the Cuban government's claim that its forces killed four people and injured six others aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat off Cuba's north shore. The confrontation, announced by the Cuban government on Tuesday, allegedly occur...
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House kills bill requiring aircraft locator systems one year after deadly Potomac River collision
The House failed to pass a bill Tuesday that would have required all aircraft near busy airports to carry key locator systems designed to prevent midair collisions. The vote fell short of the two-thirds threshold needed under fast-track rules, with 264 members voting in favor and 133 voting against....
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Trump administration slaps new sanctions on 30 Iranian targets ahead of Geneva nuclear talks
The Trump administration on Wednesday dropped another round of sanctions on 30 people, companies, and ships accused of fueling Iran's ballistic missile program, drone production, and illicit oil sales. The move landed one day before U.S. and Iranian negotiators are set to meet in Geneva for another ...
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Iran says it will do 'whatever it takes' to reach nuclear deal as U.S. envoys head to Geneva
Iran's deputy foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, declared Tuesday that Tehran is prepared to do "whatever it takes" to secure a nuclear agreement with the United States, just days before American negotiators arrive in Geneva for a critical round of talks. According to Reuters, U.S. special envo...
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FDD report urges investigation into Iran's chemical weapons program amid allegations the regime targeted its own people
A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is pressing the United States, its allies, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate claims that Iran deployed chemical weapons against its own citizens. The report lands at a moment when the Trump administ...
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