Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, Taliban says, as neighbors’ war reignites

Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan early Wednesday in a further escalation of months of fighting between the neighbors that has killed hundreds of people. The strikes, which Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said hit the eastern provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika, shattered more than a month of calm in the war. Taliban regime spokesman Zabihullah … Read more

Taliban forces reportedly kill woman and child at protest sparked by arrests of women over dress code

Taliban forces opened fire on people gathered for a rare protest in Afghanistan’s western Herat province Tuesday, killing at least one woman and a child, according to CBS News’ partner network BBC. Men and women had gathered to demonstrate against the recent arrest of women and girls over alleged violations of the Taliban’s strict dress … Read more

Russian strikes kill 3, damage nuclear fuel storage site near Chernobyl, Ukraine says

Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike while waiting at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday, while a separate strike damaged a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Chernobyl, Ukrainian officials said. In addition to the three killed, another person was wounded in the drone attack in Balabyne, in Ukraine’s … Read more

Dozen GOP rebels fail to permanently kill Trump’s controversial $2B fund

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans rallied against permanently killing President Donald Trump’s nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization” fund despite heavy criticism among their ranks. Republicans and Democrats shut down an amendment from Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., that would prevent the fund from ever returning and instead divert the funding to the … Read more

GOP demands Trump kill controversial $2B fund before reviving ICE funding package

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans want a clear-cut answer on whether the Trump administration’s now-stalled, nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is dead before moving forward with a multibillion-dollar immigration enforcement package.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that while the administration “disagrees strongly” with a Virginia federal court’s … Read more

Major Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill several, wound dozens

A barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least nine people and wounded dozens across Ukraine, authorities said on Tuesday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive new strike”. Moscow has bombarded Ukraine almost daily since launching an offensive in 2022, often provoking retaliation from Kyiv, as … Read more

Senate Democrats launch campaign to kill what DOJ calls its

Senate Democrats are launching a coordinated effort to kill the Trump administration’s $1.7+ billion “anti-weaponization fund.“ In a “Dear Colleague” letter released Monday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will use a variety of strategies, from floor action to oversight, to block President Trump’s “nearly $2 billion MAGA slush fund.”    “If Republicans return to … Read more

FBI arrests protester who threatened to kill ICE officer’s family at NJ detention center protest, Blanche says

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday said that a man who made death threats against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and his family at a protest in New Jersey Thursday night had been arrested. The arrest came just hours after Blanche promised the … Read more