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Pentagon preparing for Taliban attacks during US withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Taliban said it will consider the United States to be in violation of the agreement for missing the May 1 deadline for full withdrawal.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Released audio reveals Iranian aggression in Strait
The audio shows that a British frigate was too far away from the targeted tanker to keep it from being diverted into an Iranian port despite U.K. efforts to keep it from being boarded.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Kim Jong Un’s sister back in public eye at North Korea’s mass games
The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation that he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit with Washington.
Coasties rescue pair clinging to capsized sailboat for hours
Rescuers transported them to a hospital.
V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world
V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
By Gerald D. Swick, Historynet
Check out these military, veteran discounts and deals for May — and beyond
Discounts on hotels, recreation,on designing your own firearm and more.
By Karen Jowers
Reburial planned for ensign killed during Pearl Harbor raid
Fair winds and following seas, Ensign Charles M. Stern Jr.
Taliban: Half of US troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1
The U.S. has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, a Taliban official said Wednesday, but the U.S. military said it has received no orders to begin packing up.
Pentagon denies US personnel saw detainee abuse in Yemen
The Pentagon has denied in a report to Congress that U.S. personnel in Yemen who interrogated Yemeni detainees for information about potential terrorist threats had witnessed or were complicit in torture or other mistreatment of any detainee.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Troops may spend Christmas on US-Mexico border
The original orders called for troops to be home Dec. 15; now deployment orders may be extended through January.
By Tara Copp, AP