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A U. S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet takes off from Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, on Dec. 15, 2015.<br>AP

US-Turkey frictions raise doubts about nukes at Incirlik

Frayed U.S. relations with Turkey over its incursion in Syria raise a sensitive question rarely discussed in public: Should the United States remove the nuclear bombs it has long stored at a Turkish air base?

A soldier checks a compass while completing a land navigation course during Special Forces Assessment and Selection near Hoffman, N.C., May 7, 2019. Troops must be able to operate when technology no longer works, which means being better at battlefield maneuvers and land navigation, according to a new Army special operations strategy document.<br>Ken Kassens/U.S. Army A soldier checks a compass while completing a land navigation course during Special Forces Assessment and Selection near Hoffman, N.C., May 7, 2019. Troops must be able to operate when technology no longer works, which means being better at battlefield maneuvers and land navigation, according to a new Army special operations strategy document.<br>Ken Kassens/U.S. Army
Army special operators look to counter disinformation, cyberwarfare in new strategy
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11 men, many in the military, attacked or sexually assaulted in North Carolina city
Spc. Dustin Payne, left, sets up a triangle choke on Pfc. Allan Esser during the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in Vilseck, Germany.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Spc. Dustin Payne, left, sets up a triangle choke on Pfc. Allan Esser during the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in Vilseck, Germany.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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Soldiers compete during Fight Night at Army base in Germany

Soldiers skilled in martial arts faced off against one another in the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night tournament on base Friday evening.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement to lawmakers inside the House of Commons to update details of his new Brexit deal with EU, in London Saturday Oct. 19, 2019.<br>House of Commons via AP
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement to lawmakers inside the House of Commons to update details of his new Brexit deal with EU, in London Saturday Oct. 19, 2019.<br>House of Commons via AP

UK lawmakers debate Brexit in historic Saturday session

In their first weekend session in 37 years, British lawmakers in Parliament debated whether to accept Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed new divorce deal with the European Union.

Some scholars think that this tomb in the Church of Santa Maria la Nova in Naples, Italy, could contain the remains of Vlad the Impaler, AKA Dracula<br>Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes
Some scholars think that this tomb in the Church of Santa Maria la Nova in Naples, Italy, could contain the remains of Vlad the Impaler, AKA Dracula<br>Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes

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Church of Santa Maria la Nova in Naples could house tomb of the real-life Dracula

The headless body of Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula, may have been interred more than half a millennium ago at the Church of Santa Maria la Nova in the center of Naples, Italy, some scholars say.

Katie Shirley of Arvada, Colo., joins her father, Russ, back, of Rapid City, S.D., in touching the casket bearing the body of her brother and his son, 24-year-old Levi Shirley, as the bodies of Shirley and Jordan MacTaggart were unloaded from an Amtrak train at Union Station early Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Denver. <br>David Zalubowski/AP
Katie Shirley of Arvada, Colo., joins her father, Russ, back, of Rapid City, S.D., in touching the casket bearing the body of her brother and his son, 24-year-old Levi Shirley, as the bodies of Shirley and Jordan MacTaggart were unloaded from an Amtrak train at Union Station early Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Denver. <br>David Zalubowski/AP

American civilians who fought in Syrian Kurdish units against ISIS watch a dream unravel

Dozens of American civilians and other Westerners who fought alongside Syrian Kurdish militias against the Islamic State are probably still in northern Syria following a Turkish military incursion, raising concerns about their safety and questions about their legal status if they attempt to return to their home countries.

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Ralph LoBue braves the wind at the end of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., as he takes a picture on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, as Tropical Storm Nestor races toward the northern Gulf Coast.<br>Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP
Ralph LoBue braves the wind at the end of the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., as he takes a picture on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, as Tropical Storm Nestor races toward the northern Gulf Coast.<br>Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP

Tropical Storm Nestor threatens US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nestor bore down on the northern Gulf Coast with high winds, surging seas and heavy rains Friday evening, threatening to hit an area of the Florida Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael.

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Spc. Dustin Payne, left, sets up a triangle choke on Pfc. Allan Esser during the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in Vilseck, Germany.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Spc. Dustin Payne, left, sets up a triangle choke on Pfc. Allan Esser during the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in Vilseck, Germany.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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Soldiers compete during Fight Night at Army base in Germany

Soldiers skilled in martial arts faced off against one another in the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment Fight Night tournament on base Friday evening.

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In a 2015 file photo, Rear Adm. John Fuller, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific, briefs members of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Moanalua Valley Community Association and Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21 during a visit to one of the fuel tanks at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor. The group visited the modernized Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, where leaders and subject matter experts showed how the Navy maintains the facility as a national strategic asset. Red Hill provides fuel to operate overseas while ensuring drinking water in the area remains safe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class /Released)<br>Laurie Dexter/U.S. Navy
In a 2015 file photo, Rear Adm. John Fuller, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific, briefs members of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Moanalua Valley Community Association and Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21 during a visit to one of the fuel tanks at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor. The group visited the modernized Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, where leaders and subject matter experts showed how the Navy maintains the facility as a national strategic asset. Red Hill provides fuel to operate overseas while ensuring drinking water in the area remains safe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class /Released)<br>Laurie Dexter/U.S. Navy

Navy eyes new 2045 deadline for Red Hill tank improvements

The Navy last month provided federal and state regulators with its for upgrading its Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor. The proposal was required under a legal agreement forged between the Navy, EPA and state Department of Health after a 2014 fuel spill.

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Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr chant slogans against corruption, the U.S. and Israel during demonstrations between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas on the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. <br>Hadi Mizban/AP
Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr chant slogans against corruption, the U.S. and Israel during demonstrations between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas on the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. <br>Hadi Mizban/AP

Millions march in Iraq in annual Arbaeen Shiite pilgrimage

Millions of pilgrims made their way on foot to the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, regarded as the largest annual public gathering in the world.

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