Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power

Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state.

Biden and Netanyahu speak as pressure grows on Israel over planned Rafah invasion and cease-fire talks

The White House said that Biden reiterated his “clear position” as Israel plans to invade Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah despite global concern for more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there.

Ukraine’s army chief reports tactical retreat in the east and warns of front-line pressure

Ukraine’s troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat from three villages in the embattled east, the country’s army chief said Sunday.

University of Maryland Global Campus celebrates graduates, 75 years in Europe at Ramstein commencement

About 1,100 students from across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East earned associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degrees this year, UMGC officials said.

Funeral held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base

There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon blast at the base in Kompong Speu province, though there were no suggestions it was triggered deliberately.

Clearing a Taliban compound in Afghanistan, 2015

Eastern Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2015: Afghan army soldiers fire a recoilless rifle during an operation to clear a Taliban compound in eastern Afghanistan.

A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They’re among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak

Relatives of U.S. military members are suing the United States over the fuel leak from the World War II-era storage tanks.

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden’s handling of the conflict and the Western news’ media coverage of it.

With US aid resumed, Ukraine will try to dig itself out of trouble

A long-awaited influx of U.S. weapons will help Ukraine to blunt Russia’s advance in the coming months, Biden administration officials said after Congress passed a major aid package, but an acute troop shortage and Moscow’s firepower advantage mean that Kyiv won’t likely regain major offensive momentum until 2025 at the earliest.

France and the Philippines to start talks on a `visiting forces agreement,’ French envoy says

France and the Philippines will begin talks next month on a defense pact that would allow troops from each country to hold exercises in the other’s territory, the French ambassador said Thursday.

At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend

Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson, twice as many as were reported earlier this week.

Navy data on Red Hill deflects serious health issues

The Navy on Friday released several documents regarding its data on the health impact of the November 2021 Red Hill fuel spills, just before a federal trial begins Monday in a lawsuit brought by affected families against the federal government alleging the spill has caused long-term health damage.

When will flights resume between Miami and Haiti? American Airlines making changes

American Airlines will resume flying between Miami and Port-au-Prince on May 9, slightly more than two months after suspending flights in and out of Haiti because of civil unrest and security concerns.

Hamas releases video of 2 hostages as it mulls cease-fire

Hamas posted a video Saturday showing American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Israeli Omri Miran who briefly spoke on the video, which came as Hamas studied Israel’s proposal for a cease-fire, in an apparent bid to increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a major offensive.

Gaza protests threaten to upend Democratic convention in Chicago amid growing criticism of Biden

The pro-Palestinian protests roiling Columbia University and college campuses nationwide have political pundits asking whether widespread demonstrations could ruin the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, just as they did two generations ago in 1968.

British troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says

According to the BBC, the British government is considering deploying troops to drive the trucks that will carry aid along a floating causeway to the shore from an offshore pier now under construction by the U.S. military. A senior U.S. military official said Thursday there would be no American “boots on the ground.”

Five people wounded by gunfire outside club in Washington DC

The people were shot late Friday night at the entrance to the Decades nightclub in the Dupont Circle area, according to police and a patron.

In war-battered Gaza, residents grow angry with Hamas

As Hamas sticks to a hard line in cease-fire negotiations with Israel, many Palestinians just want the fighting and misery to end after more than six devastating months.

Man who recorded fatal Jan. 6 Capitol shooting of AF veteran Ashli Babbitt sentenced to 6 years

A Utah man who recorded himself inciting violence and breaking a window before filming the fatal shooting of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt outside the House chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced Friday to six years in prison.