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UAE and US officials meet in Abu Dhabi to advance tolerance, coexistence and dialogue, and boost cooperation against antisemitism and extremism

Jamieson Greer says Britain is choosing Brussels over America, calling its EU alignment a problem for expanding its post-Brexit trade deal with Washington

Iranian forces launched renewed missile and drone strikes against US military positions at Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base and UAE's Al Minhad Air Base, while US Vice President JD Vance confirmed Washington is investigating an alleged US airstrike that killed four at a wedding in Kuhestak

Twenty-five years after 9/11, New York’s Muslim community has evolved beyond intense post-attack discrimination

US Vice President JD Vance stated during a White House press briefing that he would not characterize the six-month conflict with Iran as a war

Trump spoke by phone with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as Iran said it targeted US military bases in the UAE and Kuwait

A gunman opened fire inside a downtown Minneapolis apartment complex near Loring Park on Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilians and wounding several others, including three police officers, before the suspect was found dead

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian security officials exchanged sharp threats following overnight airstrikes in southern Iran—including a strike in Sirik that hit a wedding ceremony

US District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction halting President Donald Trump's August 2026 executive order targeting birthright citizenship and "birth tourism," ruling that the directive defies the Supreme Court's June decision upholding 14th Amendment guarantees

Trump has repeatedly pressed his threat to claim sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived at Laem Chabang port in Thailand for a four-day rest-and-recreation visit, concluding a historic 286-day deployment in the Middle East marked by intense combat and scrutiny over shipboard conditions

G20 finance ministers' summit in North Carolina concluded with sharp diplomatic divides over the US Treasury's invitation to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov

Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting US military facilities across Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraqi Kurdistan in retaliation for American strikes that killed 11 people in southern Iran, including four at a wedding celebration

The opening of the G20 finance ministers summit in Asheville, North Carolina, triggered sharp pushback from European officials over the surprise in-person attendance of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, alongside growing media access restrictions

A North Carolina grand jury indicted 17-year-old Sarah Lindsey Santiago on three counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy for her alleged role in assisting two California teens who carried out a deadly May 2026 attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego

US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump following months of mounting friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over leadership dismissals, drone acquisition, and Army modernization efforts

New York City police fatally shot a 49-year-old woman in Times Square on Monday after she launched a random, unprovoked stabbing attack, killing a 32-year-old woman and injuring a 68-year-old man before refusing officers' commands to drop two large knives

Trump vows to hit Iran 'hard' after the first exchange of fire in weeks, as both sides remain locked in a six-month standoff over the Strait of Hormuz

A powerful flash flood swept through Bright Angel Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, killing one person, leaving approximately 15 people unaccounted for, and prompting helicopter evacuations of over 60 stranded hikers

Iran's IRGC fired ballistic missiles at US military positions in Jordan and the UAE and claimed to have downed an American drone after US forces bombed IRGC minelaying launchers on Larak Island, breaking a month-long lull in direct military exchanges