In 2019, 10 Russian submarines plied the waters of the Arctic and the Barents Sea — egresses to the Atlantic Ocean where they “exercise their ability to hold Europe and the continental United States at risk with land-attack missiles,” said Adm. Robert Burke, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Command Naples. And …

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Airman 1st Class Sean Brinson wanted his peers to know that he didn’t consider President Joe Biden a legitimate commander in chief. In a post on the popular Facebook group Amn/NCO/SNCO Jan. 12, Brinson pledged to “continue to say ‘Beijing Biden is not my president’ for 4 years.” “End of god damned story,” wrote Brinson, …

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A diplomat from Iran was convicted in a Belgian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday on charges of attempting to orchestrate a terrorist attack against a major rally held by an Iranian dissident group near Paris in 2018. Assadolah Assadi, who was accused of operating on orders from Iranian intelligence, was found …

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM. — A U.S. Air Force court-martial panel has convicted a Kirtland Air Force Base airman on charges stemming from a 2019 crash that killed an Albuquerque woman. Airman Calvin Cooper, 22, faced sentencing Wednesday after being convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of Angelica Baca, 39. James Dallas …

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ADDOUSSIEH, Lebanon (AP) – A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found dead in his car Thursday morning, shot multiple times at close range, security and forensic officials said. Lokman Slim, a 58-year-old longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, was found in his car on a rural road …

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