DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The United States and Iran are in active talks over the release of prisoners, a person familiar with the discussions said Sunday as Washington denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been struck. Prisoner swaps between the U.S. and Iran are not uncommon and both countries …
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The former Navy SEAL and Special Operations Commander who oversaw the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden is writing a children’s book. Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Feb. 16, 2021. That’s right, retired Navy Adm. William McRaven will be writing Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal, a kid’s book that follows …
In the years since 9/11, the U.S. military has come face-to-face with some of most ruthless terrorists on the face of the planet. Over the years, oversight of the Global War on Terror has changed hands several times, with each presidential administration passing America’s Forever War off to the next. With a new commander-in-chief in …
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MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and not just from the world’s richest, biggest nations. Take Latin America. On Feb. 17, the congress in Nicaragua, one of the region’s poorest, most conflict-prone nations, approved a law creating …
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A key airbase in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was hit by rockets Saturday, prompting American forces to fire back with a “precision strike” that could be a preview of further violence over the next several months as the Taliban vows to resume attacks on U.S. troops. The rocket fire that hit Kandahar base came just hours after …
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