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Yemen rebels launch hourslong attack on ship in Red Sea

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, raising fears of renewed conflict in the vital shipping corridor. On Tuesday, authorities reported an ongoing assault on the Liberian-flagged ship Eternity C, leaving two crew members…

5 Israeli soldiers killed in northern Gaza and 18 Palestinians dead in Israeli strikes

The Israeli military says five soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Gaza, while health officials in the Palestinian territory say 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes. The bloodshed came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting t…

World shares mostly rise as markets shrug off US tariff pressures

World shares are mostly higher, with financial markets shrugging off U.S. tariff pressures on its trading partners. Germany’s DAX rose 0.2% in early European trading. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged 0.2% higher while France’s CAC 40 shed 0.1%. In Asia, Japan’s Nikke…

Amazon doubles Prime Day to a four-day event

Amazon's annual Prime Day sales are here again. The e-commerce giant is making the now-misnamed Prime Day a four-day event for the first time. Its promised blitz of summer deals for Prime members starts at 3:01 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and runs until earl…

Why did troops and federal agents go to LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. It was unclear if any arrests were made Monday before the National Guard soldiers and federal immigration agents left but their …

Trump announces more tariffs on Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, other nations

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries. Trump provided notice of the tariffs to begin on Aug. 1 by posting letters on Truth Social that were addressed…

Trump says the US to send more weapons to Ukraine

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv. The comments from Trump on Monday appear to be an abrupt change in posture. The Pentagon announced last week…

More than 80 dead, dozens missing in Texas flooding as search continues

The risk of life-threatening flooding is still high in central Texas with more rain on the way. The urgent search for the missing continues following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people including children at summer camps. Officials say the…

Gaza war looms over Trump-Netanyahu meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are meeting to discuss key Middle East issues. Both leaders have celebrated their joint actions, including strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, as successes. However, unresolved challe…

What to know about the Texas flash floods and the rising death toll

Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 70 people, many of them children. An unknown number of people are missing. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.…