SITUATION REPORT

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SITUATION REPORT

Former U.S. Marine Released From Russia After Four Years In Detention

Russia released former US Marine Robert Gilman on Tuesday after 1,666 days in custody, ending a detention that his family and American officials said had left the 32-year-old Massachusetts man near death from abuse suffered in prison. Gilman was freed "for humanitarian reasons," Kirill Dmitriev,

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Assad Sentenced To Death In Absentia By Syrian Court For War Crimes

A Damascus court sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death Tuesday after convicting him in absentia of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the first ruling against the former ruler or his inner circle since his family's five-decade grip on Syria ended 20 months ago. Judge Fakhr

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North Korea Fires Second Ballistic Missile In Six Days As Joint U.S. & South Korea Mil. Drills Draw Near

North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast early Wednesday, its second test in less than a week and a likely signal of protest days before South Korea and the United States open their largest annual joint military exercise. South Korea's Joint Chiefs

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Sole Russian Political Party Against Ukrainian Conflict Denied From Running In Parliamentary Election

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday threw the liberal Yabloko party off the ballot for next month's parliamentary elections, removing the only registered party campaigning against the war in Ukraine just weeks after election officials had unexpectedly cleared it to run. Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov granted a lawsuit

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5 Min
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Kurdish Peace Prospects Advance In Turkey

Turkey's parliament approved a landmark law Monday creating the legal framework for the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the most concrete step yet toward ending an insurgency that began in 1984 and has killed tens of thousands — even as the PKK warned that key provisions will

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Scores Injured In 7.4 Mag. Earthquake In Colombia

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday morning, killing at least 111 people, injuring hundreds, and collapsing buildings across a swath of cities from Cali to the coffee-growing highlands. It was the strongest quake recorded in the country this century, according to the Colombian Geological Service,

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Israeli P.M. Firmly Rejects Gaza Peace Plan Led By Trump Admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the Trump administration-backed roadmap for Gaza on Sunday, telling his cabinet that "Israel does not accept the 15-point document" and that the military will not pull back from the territory until Hamas is stripped of every weapon — remarks that

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Iran Insists On Concessions For Hormuz Opening

Iran said Sunday that an agreement with Oman defining new shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz is in its "final stages," but insisted the strategic waterway will not reopen until the United States meets a list of far-reaching conditions — including war compensation, the lifting of sanctions,

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Taiwanese War Games Ramp Up Amid Tensions With China

Taiwanese troops fired tank rounds and artillery across a Penghu beach before dawn Monday, rehearsing the defeat of a Chinese air landing assault on islands that sit in the middle of the Taiwan Strait. Later in the day, the government will deliberately slow mobile internet across central Taiwan for 30

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Trump Signs Executive Orders Barring ‘Birth Tourism’

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday aimed at narrowing who qualifies for automatic US citizenship at birth and banning the practice of "birth tourism," reviving his push to restrict birthright citizenship weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his previous attempt. "We're making

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Vance Urges Congress To Act On $230 Billion In Fraud Found By Task Force

Vice President JD Vance called on Congress Wednesday to write the administration's anti-fraud campaign into law, telling lawmakers at a White House roundtable that the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has identified $230 billion in suspected fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since President Donald

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Abdul El-Sayed Wins Mich. Dem. Senate Vote In Contentious Primary

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic primary for US Senate, overcoming a spending disadvantage of more than 8 to 1 and opposition from his party's establishment to claim the left's most significant victory of the midterm cycle — and set

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