At least 45 people die in western Kenya as floodwaters sweep away houses and cars

Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said.

Amnesty International says US must halt arms transfers to Israel

A new assessment from Amnesty International asserts that Israel has used U.S.-supplied weapons against Palestinian civilians in alleged violations of international law, a finding certain to inflame the heated debate about whether the United States should curtail support to its closest Middle Eastern ally.

A bomb attack in northern Kenya kills 5 people near the border with Somalia

Five people have been killed in a bomb attack in northern Kenya, the interior ministry said Monday.

4 officers serving warrant killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say

Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a suburban Charlotte, North Carolina home, police said.

Biden and Mexican president discuss migration in latest call

President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to crack down on the number of migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border.

Air Force awards $13B ‘doomsday plane’ contract to aviation company Sierra Nevada

Sometimes called the “doomday plane,” Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) is meant to be a strategic command-and-control military aircraft used in war and in emergency situations.

Tugboat escort could have prevented Key Bridge collapse, some believe

There is no policy requiring tugboats to escort ships like the Dali beneath the Key Bridge. Still, the fact that the ship didn’t have a tugboat escort until it passed the bridge came as a surprise to some maritime experts.

As US rushes to send military aid, Ukrainians applaud lobbying effort

American, Ukrainian and European officials, Ukrainian Americans, Nobel laureates, academics, soldiers’ mothers, evangelical pastors and a host of others joined in a months-long lobbying campaign to overcome the obstruction of the military aid bill.

House and Senate negotiate bill to help FAA add more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors

Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $105 billion bill designed to improve the safety of air travel after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports.

Ahead of visit to Israel, Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire

The United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza on Monday as Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators.

Service members reunite with their pets from overseas: ‘It meant everything to me’

Paws of War helps soldiers bring home the pets they rescued during deployment. The group is poised for one of its largest rescues in Kosovo.

US military pier for Gaza costs $320 million, Pentagon says

The U.S. military’s initial cost of the temporary floating pier off Gaza’s coast is about $320 million, a Pentagon official said Monday.

Group aims to rebuild Tun Tavern, the birthplace of the Marines, as a tavern and restaurant

The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, a group of influential Philadelphians who have been a part of the Marine Corps and other Tun-connected organizations, wants to re-create the Tun, the birthplace of what became the U.S. Marine Corps.

Satellite photos show US Navy ship building floating pier for Gaza aid as Israel-Hamas war rages

A satellite image from Sunday by Planet Labs PBC showed pieces of the floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea alongside the USNS Roy P. Benavidez.

China’s Xi to visit France, Serbia, Hungary as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in Ukraine

China claims neutrality in the Ukraine conflict, but Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared their governments had a “no limits friendship” before Moscow’s February 2022 attack on Ukraine.

Iraq repatriates nearly 700 more citizens linked to Islamic State group from Syrian camp

Iraq has repatriated hundreds more of its citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria, Iraqi and Syrian officials said.

Turkey says it backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Rutte’s candidacy for NATO chief

Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said.

Blinken says Israel must still do more to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel must still do more to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and that he would use his Middle East trip — his seventh to the region since the Israel-Hamas war started in October — to press that case with Israeli leaders.

NATO chief chides members as Ukraine’s allies say slow arms deliveries have helped Russia

NATO countries haven’t delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance’s chief said Monday, allowing Russia to press its advantage while Kyiv’s depleted forces wait for military supplies to arrive from the U.S. and Europe.