Author: Mike Nova

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In a break from a long US tradition of retaining previous appointments to the country’s top military post, President Donald Trump has named a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thanking incumbent General Charles Q. Brown for 40 years of service – including in his most recent position – the president on Friday night wished him and his family a “great future” in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump nominated former Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine to succeed Brown in the post,

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was said to have been returned earlier this week, but Israeli forces said it was the body of an unidentified Gazan woman.

The UK Sky News broadcaster cited an unnamed Ukrainian source as saying that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not yet ready to sign an agreement with the US on the use of Ukrainian natural resources due to “a number of problematic issues” in its current version.

The Israeli military says it has received the latest 3 hostages freed by Hamas.

Hamas handed over five Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners

Trust is so hard to gain, and yet so easily lost.

A “record” number of drones were launched in a single, coordinated attack, Ukraine’s air force says.