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The sytem was designed to add to Israel's air defenses by detecting incoming missiles and drones, officials have said, per The Times of Israel.

The refreshed artillery is now helping to blunt Russian advances around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, a report said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's war machine looks different today than it did at the start of the conflict.

The IDF recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken to Gaza, including 22-year-old tattoo artist Shani Louk.

My parents donated the car they got when I was a toddler. We made so many memories in that car, and now I'm grieving that it is gone.

A single mother was looking forward to having an empty nest when her son moved out for college. She needed a break but felt guilty about it.

A German politician said the Western defense of Israel from Iran is a blueprint for protecting Ukraine.

Ukraine's military is short of combat gear. This is what it would take to fully equip its troops to launch a decisive victory.

The Houthis have wreaked havoc against international shipping in the Red Sea and are showing they can still attack ships that try to avoid the area.

Soviet Gen. Georgy Zhukov couldn't get Coca-Cola behind the Iron Curtain, so he asked the US to come up with an alternative solution: "white Coke."

Powerful thunderstorms smashed through Houston on Thursday, leaving at least 4 dead and nearly 1 million without power. Outages could last weeks.

A mother became a helicopter parent after she got sucked into the hysteria of Facebook groups where parents set up playdates for their college kids.

The US is studying the Ukraine war for clues on conflicts of the future.

Russia said it shot down a total of 102 aerial drones and six naval drones, making it Ukraine's largest drone attack, per the Kyiv Independent.

When we adopted our fourth child, we chose her name with her birth mother. We wanted all our children to have a middle name from their maternal side.

My youngest turned 20 and asked if I was sad there were no more teens in the house. Honestly, I'm not sad. I miss when they were babies more.

The growth rate of the world economy is expected to remain around 2.7 per cent in 2024, and 2.8 per cent in 2025, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects report released by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United nations. The report added that global economic prospects have improved since January, with major economies avoiding a severe downturn, bringing down inflation without increasing unemployment.

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Friday. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately provide details, Yonhap news agency reported. The development comes at a time that Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting the Chinese city of Harbin as part of his two-day State visit to China.

The US military warned that China is moving forward with developing floating nuclear reactors in the South China Sea to hold up its claim to the disputed maritime territory. According to analysts, the plan to build ships with mobile nuclear power sources would raise tensions with its neighbours and pose risks to the environment.

"The Russians don't have the numbers necessary to do a strategic breakthrough," said Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Multiple NATO countries have promised Ukraine powerful missiles that Kyiv previously used to hit high-value Russian targets.

USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in the Pacific for roughly nine years, will be replaced by USS George Washington in the future.