STORY: Fueled by dry and unusually warm weather, a massive wildfire has ravaged over 250,000 acres in the region, prompting widespread evacuations, road closures, and thick smoke engulfing the area. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, now the largest among multiple wildfires in northern Texas, has rapidly expanded since igniting on Monday (February 26) afternoon, exacerbated by … Read more
EDE, Netherlands — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Sunday that his office will “further intensify its efforts to advance its investigations” in the occupied Palestinian territories, after he visited the region for this first time since his appointment. There have been widespread claims of breaches of international law by Hamas and … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told The Associated Press that patrols in the waters … Read more
October 28, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EDT An official from Avdiivka’s military administration holds a tarpaulin for delivery and walks past a destroyed building on Oct. 24. Ukrainian forces are coming under increased pressure as Russia’s military drives to capture the destroyed city. (Ed Ram for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your … Read more
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., converse to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations as they go away the Home Republicans’ caucus assembly on the Capitol Hill Membership in Washington, Might 23, 2023. Invoice Clark | Cq-roll Name, Inc. | Getty Photos WASHINGTON — Pressing talks to boost the U.S. debt ceiling … Read more