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Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office blowup
The pause in U.S. aid comes as President Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Kansas man upset he can’t buy mini Toyotas ‘like the Taliban and ISIS’
“Every time I see that, I say to myself (or anyone unlucky enough to be in earshot) ‘There, that’s the truck I want’ — minus the machine gun..."
By Sarah Sicard
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Global military spending up to an all-time high
A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.
Taliban may be getting bulk of US aid sent to Afghanistan
A government watchdog says US officials can't say how much of the money is going to help civilians and how much is being stolen.
Taliban releases 2 Americans held in Afghanistan
State Department spokesman Ned Price called the release an apparent goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban.
Afghan government didn’t think US would actually leave, report finds
And five more reasons Afghanistan fell, according to a new special inspector general report.
Taliban bans popular video game for ‘promoting violence’
The Taliban has banned more than 23 million websites since seizing control of the country in August 2021.
By J.D. Simkins