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The U.S. military has failed to re-anchor its humanitarian pier to Gaza, the Pentagon said Thursday, and soon will “cease operations” on an aid-delivery mission plagued by setbacks from almost the moment President Biden announced it four months ago.Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman, said in a statement that U.S. troops tried to reconnect the…

After decades of viewing China as a distant threat, NATO on Wednesday accused Beijing of becoming “a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine,” and demanded that it halt shipments of “weapons components” and other technology critical to the rebuilding of the Russian military.The statement is contained in a declaration approved by the 32…

Sean Gallup/Getty Images Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, waits to vote at the Russian Embassy in Russian elections on March 17, 2024, in Berlin, Germany.…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise visit Monday to Beijing, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a global effort to push Russia and Ukraine toward a “cease-fire” and praised Orban’s diplomatic initiatives. It was a powerful display of how Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are seeking to create a multipolar world…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and pushing for a cease-fire to bring back scores of hostages held by Hamas. The demonstrations come as…

Former hurricane Beryl has been around for more than a week, and its journey as a named storm has covered close to 3,000 miles across the open tropical Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The intrepid and long-lived storm is gearing up for its third and final landfall, this time in Texas. The forecast is tricky, but meteorologists…

LONDON — Britain’s politics have been volatile and chaotic, but this country sure knows how to execute a swift, orderly transfer of power. On Friday, Labour leader Keir Starmer became the 58th prime minister in the nation’s history. The loser, the outgoing Conservative Rishi Sunak, told the people he was sorry. Then he went home.Sunak took the…

Around 40 Democratic lawmakers have been text messaging each other about President Joe Biden stepping down as the party's presidential nominee, according to a member of the House of Representatives.Several Democratic lawmakers spoke to NBC News, on the condition of anonymity, about growing calls for Biden to step out of the race following his…

Life-threatening conditions expected in JamaicaThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USHurricane Beryl is hitting Jamaica with life-threatening rain, 145mph winds and storm surge that could raise coastal levels by 9 feet after charting a…

Image caption, John Mark Dougan, an American ex-cop, now lives in Moscow and runs a network of AI-powered fake news sitesArticle informationAuthor, Paul Myers, Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike WendlingRole, BBC Verify and BBC News1 hour agoA network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out…