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US-Iran war leaves Pentagon facing $38 billion bill as American economy come under pressure
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US-Iran war leaves Pentagon facing $38 billion bill as American economy come under pressure

Kamran Khan examines the rising cost of the Iran conflict as Washington faces mounting military and economic consequences

US grants visas to Iranian delegation for UN assembly while barring Palestinian President Abbas
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US grants visas to Iranian delegation for UN assembly while barring Palestinian President Abbas

The United States confirmed Thursday it will permit a scaled-down Iranian delegation, led by President Masoud Pezeshkian, to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York under host country obligations, while simultaneously denying entry visas to Palestinian leadership

US F-16 fighter jet crashes during training in Michigan, pilot ejects safely
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US F-16 fighter jet crashes during training in Michigan, pilot ejects safely

A Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed during a routine training exercise in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, prompting a localized evacuation as the pilot ejected safely and was transported to a hospital

Unsealed court filings reveal tech executives called AI scraping 'largest theft of labor in human history'
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Unsealed court filings reveal tech executives called AI scraping 'largest theft of labor in human history'

Newly unsealed documents in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI feature internal communications where tech executives privately described AI model training on publisher content as an unprecedented theft of labor and an existential threat to news publishers

US approves $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia
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US approves $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia

US State Department approved a landmark $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, submitting the proposal to Congress for a mandatory 30-day review amid ongoing Middle East conflict and debate over technology security

Former head of Syria’s Adra Prison sentenced to 60 years in US federal prison for torture and fraud
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Former head of Syria’s Adra Prison sentenced to 60 years in US federal prison for torture and fraud

US federal judge sentenced 74-year-old Samir Ousman Alsheikh, the former director of Damascus Central Prison, to 60 years in prison for torture and immigration fraud following testimony from former Syrian political detainees