PARIS (AP) – France is holding a national ceremony Friday to honor a police official who was stabbed to death inside her police station in what authorities say was an Islamic extremist attack. The attack stunned the quiet town of Rambouillet, southwest of Paris, where the police official was killed a week ago, and where …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – America’s longest war, the two-decade-long conflict in Afghanistan that started in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, killed tens of thousands of people, dogged four U.S. presidents and ultimately proved unwinnable despite its staggering cost in blood and treasure. This final chapter, with President Joe Biden’s decision …
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the U.S. military, over whether the time was right. Starting Saturday, the last remaining 2,500 to 3,5000 American troops will begin leaving, to be fully …
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BULELENG, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia‘s military and family members on Friday paid their last respects to the 53 submarine crew members who died when their vessel sank and broke apart in the depths off the resort island of Bali. The ceremony included relatives casting flowers into the ocean from the navy’s hospital ship. Indonesia is …
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China’s military is advancing its nuclear arsenal and delivery systems so fast the Defense Intelligence Agency has had to move up its estimate of when Beijing will double its warhead stockpile, the general in charge of military intelligence told Congress on Thursday. In wide-ranging testimony, DIA Director Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier told a Senate …
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