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The Navy will prolong the life of 4 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the service introduced Thursday, maintaining the warships in service nicely into the 2030s and partly addressing a rising concern in Washington about whether or not America’s naval capabilities are falling behind these of its chief rival, China. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. navy is contemplating placing armed personnel on industrial ships touring via the Strait of Hormuz, in what can be an unheard-of motion geared toward stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, American officers instructed The Associated Press on Thursday. ...

SAN DIEGO — Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on expenses associated to nationwide safety and tied to China, U.S. officers mentioned Thursday. ...

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group introduced on Thursday the demise in Syria of its little-known chief, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, who headed the extremist group since November, and named his successor. ...

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken challenged all international locations Thursday to inform Russia to cease utilizing the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and cease treating the world’s hungry and weak folks as leverage in its “unconscionable war.” ...

Saudi Arabia is internet hosting an uncommon gathering of prime safety officers from some 30 nations, together with the United States, for a Ukraine-led summit this weekend to debate potential pathways towards negotiations to finish Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory. ...

The household and mates of a British hiker final seen on a Swiss mountain six weeks in the past say they're "extremely worried".Aidan Roche, 29, was final seen on 22 June on the Eiger Trail within the Grindelwald space of the Bernese Alps on the twelfth day of a two-week journey. Since then, the solo traveller and chemical engineer from Middlesbrough has not been involved with mates or household "which isn't like him and we are extremely worried", stated a GoFundMe web page arrange on behalf of Mr Roche's brother Connor.The fundraiser set as much as assist with the search, together with hiring a helicopter, has raised greater than £30,000.Mr Roche's family and friends have additionally shared the final movies Mr Roche despatched them within the hope that it may assist discove...

LONDON — British Rowing has introduced it is going to ban transgender ladies from competing in ladies’s occasions at its competitions. The governing...

A girl kidnapped and held captive in a makeshift cell by a person posing as an undercover police officer punched her solution to freedom, the FBI has mentioned. Negasi Zuberi, 29, allegedly snatched the unnamed sufferer off a road in Seattle on 15 July earlier than driving her round 450 miles to his rented house in Klamath Falls, Oregon - a seven-hour journey - and locking her within the storage. "This woman was kidnapped, chained, sexually assaulted and locked in a... cell," Stephanie Shark, assistant particular agent accountable for the FBI's area workplace in Portland, Oregon, mentioned in a press release."Police say she beat the door with her hands until they were bloody in order to break free."Now officers are searching for different potential victims after linking Zuber...

The Pentagon has dedicated almost $2.3 billion to protection contracting large Lockheed Martin Corp. in its drive to restock weapons stockpiles which were depleted by U.S. arms deliveries to Ukraine over the previous yr. ...