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A then-U.S. Navy sailor living at Naval Station Great Lakes in Chicago’s north suburbs met in October 2022 with someone he thought was an Iranian terrorist to discuss locations for an attack that would cause the maximum amount of carnage, federal investigators say. During their conversation at the Lake Bluff train station, the sailor, Xuanyu Harry Pang, allegedly referenced surveillance photos he’d…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Myanmar’s military bombed insurgents attacking the cornerstone of China’s investment in the country on Wednesday, killing some civilians, residents said, as the rebels pressed on with an offensive on the west coast township of Kyaukpyu. The Arakan Army, or AA, is…

Israel and Hamas exchanged dead Israeli hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a swap that was delayed with the sides accusing each other in recent days of breaking the terms of the Gaza ceasefire. The Israeli military received the coffins of four hostages from the Red Cross after they were handed over by Hamas, Israel’s government announced early on Thursday. Israel, in turn,…

As a contractor, Kyle Carter often finds glass bottles and other surprising items at job sites, but his recent find stands out for its historic relevance. Six months after finding a note nailed to a beam at a historic church in Cape May, locals historians confirmed the paper itself is roughly 130 years old. The handwritten message is…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China has set up a live-fire exercise area 40 nautical miles (75 kilometers) off the coast of the Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung without warning in a provocation to the region’s security that posed a risk to air and sea transport,…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. In June 2022, at a time when swathes of fertile land in southern Ukraine had recently fallen under Russian military occupation, Belarus’s pro-Moscow leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenko, boasted of growing European demand for his country’s rapeseed oil. “Even in this period…