Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when an Apache attack helicopter from Fort Hood crashed in Texas. They were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey (right) and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead (left). Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army on Friday identified»»»

An F-35C Lightning II prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in 2018. Naval officials announced Friday the warship is ending its record-breaking deployment following reports of the deteriorating mental health of its crew. U.S. Navy File Phot»»»

Farm workers harvest romaine lettuce in Salinas, Calif., on April 28, 2020. The Food and Drug Administration announced it is inspecting the Mexican processing facility of Taylor Farms as part of its probe into the ongoing outbreak of Cyclospora infections. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License »»»

The escalation of US armed action against Iran, coupled with the sharp weakening of pro-Iranian groups across the region under parallel Israeli operations, has pushed Tehran to abandon its policy of strategic patience. In its place, according to a former ambassador to Tehran, Aleksandr Maryasov, Ir»»»

NEW YORK: Luigi Mangione admitted Friday to gunning down a top US health insurance boss in a Manhattan street as he pleaded guilty to stalking charges before a federal judge. In a crime that shook corporate America and gripped the country, 28-year-old Mangione is alleged to have murdered chief exec»»»

1 of 2 | Construction continues on the East Wing ballroom on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to continue construction on the White House»»»

NEW DELHI: Tata Steel sold all its stake in Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC to Goa-based club Churchill Brothers for a token amount of 100 Indian rupees ($1.05) on Friday, two weeks after the conglomerate announced it was pulling out of the ISL. Twice national league champions Churchill Brot»»»

EducationGerman teens worry as schools reopen in pandemicNicolas MartinIn Germany, schools are already preparing for students to return. But some parents and children think that the authorities are being too hasty in easing coronavirus lockdowns. https://p.dw.com/p/3bKihImage: picture-alliance/dpa/»»»

Speaking to reporters in Pleven in Friday, Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov compared previous government programmes to pre-design studies and the current programme to a detailed design. Shishkov, an architect, said the programme contains details and dates that are not arbitrary but are t»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has disrupted the activities of an international organized crime group that had established a channel for supplying and distributing highly dangerous synthetic drugs in the country. According to the SCNS, three citizens of Kyrgyzstan were de»»»

On Aug. 14, 2015, after 54 years, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, was re-opened amid a thawing in relations. 1 of 7 | On August 14, 2015, after 54 years, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, was re-opened amid a thawing in relations. File Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of State | License Phot»»»

Venezuela's interim government and members of opposition parties ended their first round of talks Wednesday with agreements to reform the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and seek access to the country's frozen reserves in order to finance recovery from June's devastating earthquakes. Venezuela's interi»»»

Cuba's Raul Castro made a rare public appearance on Thursday at a celebration marking the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth. The 95-year-old former president received a standing ovation at the secure event in Havana as the island grapples with a deepening economic crisis and frequent blackouts»»»

The Trump administration is signaling its naval pressure campaign against Iran could continue for as long as necessary. US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the US could maintain the blockade of Iranian ports “indefinitely,” because American warships can be "rotated" in and out of the r»»»

Scaffolding and tarp covers the building name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 15. The Kennedy Center voted on Thursday to inscribe U.S. President Donald Trump's name on the building for a second time. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The K»»»

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East on Jan. 26. Senate Democrats want details about the status of the ship's operations following reports of attempted suicides by sailors. File Photo by Will Tyndall/U.S. Navy/UPI | License Photo Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Senate Democrats are pressing»»»

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell lost the Republican primary for governor of Minnesota. He refuses to concede. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede defeat in the Minnesota governor's Republican primary election, saying there »»»

FRANKFURT: German police said on Thursday that a suspicious object found on rail tracks in a Bavarian town did not contain explosives, as initially feared. Earlier on Thursday, buildings near ‌the object ‌were evacuated in the ‌town ⁠of Treuchtlingen for ⁠the item to be moved safely by a robot. Exp»»»

Ukraine halted an intense campaign of drone strikes on oil tankers using the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal at Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request from US Vice-President JD Vance during a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 31, the Financial Times reporte»»»

Dubai: UAE pupils have received their A-level results after an exam season unlike any other, with students forced to prove their academic performance without sitting a single formal examination. In April, Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel and OxfordAQA cancelled all IGCSE and A-level examinations in the U»»»

The US-Iran standoff is deepening as Washington tightens pressure on Tehran and the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, keeping shipping, oil markets and regional aviation on alert. US forces have now redirected 59 commercial vessels as part of efforts to enforce the Iran blockade, while t»»»

Manila: For motorists heading from Metro Manila to Quezon and Bicol, the journey south has long been defined by one frustrating bottleneck: the stretch of the Maharlika Highway between Sto. Tomas, Batangas and Tiaong, Quezon. That may finally begin to change this year. The Philippine Department of »»»

Washington: US natural gas production is on track to hit a new annual record in 2026, with output forecast to average 122.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That would eclipse the prev»»»

PARIS: World oil demand is forecast to decline by 1.6 mb/d in 2026, 510 kb/d more than estimate in last month’s report, as the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and elevated fuel prices continue to weigh on oil consumption, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Oil Market Report »»»

The Libyan National Army, which controls the east and parts of southern Libya, said Tuesday that a car bomb killed its military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi. The assassination raises fresh questions over security in the stronghold of military commander Khalifa Haftar as efforts »»»

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (R) is shown with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting in July in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Treasury Department has repealed a business reported rule that was connected to the Corporate Transparency Act. Photo »»»

David Ellison, Paramount CEO, arrives on the red carpet in 2025 for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. House Democrats, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are escalating scrutiny of Ellison's planned Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. File Photo »»»

Then-Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Hoekstra, now the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, is the subject of a Canadian petition to have him removed from the country. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Thousands of »»»

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell lost the Republican primary for governor of Minnesota. He refuses to concede. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede defeat in the Minnesota governor's Republican primary election, saying there »»»

A photo illustration shows President Donald Trump's account on social media platform Truth Social in 2024. The Intercept is suing the company's plan to monetize the president's posts. File Photo by Will Oliver/EPA Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Online news site The Intercept, along with the Freedom of the Press »»»

Dubai: A Russian oil tanker seaman and an American design-firm owner living in Dubai have each walked away with $1 million after Wednesday's Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw at Concourse D of Dubai International Airport, according to a Dubai Duty Free statement. Three more entrants took »»»

Bucharest’s office market continues to strengthen its fundamentals, supported by a recovery in occupier demand driven by new lease transactions and expansions, against a backdrop of limited new supply. Net take-up accounted for 73% of the total leasing activity in H1 2026, up from 53% during the sa»»»

Paris, France: The International Energy Agency on Wednesday reduced its forecast for global oil demand this year, as supplies remain crimped by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and high prices deter buyers. Demand is expected to slump by 1.6 million barrels per day (mb/d), compared with its fore»»»

The Bishkek Heating and Power Plant (HPP) plans to purchase 200,000 tons of imported coal for the upcoming heating season. A corresponding tender has been posted on the state procurement portal. The planned cost of the fuel purchase is 1,398.4 billion soms. The capital’s HPP intends to purchase coa»»»

Doha, Qatar: Team Qatar are holding a training camp in Turkiye as they prepare for the second phase of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027 Asian qualifiers and the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games. Led by Turkish coach Hakan Demir, the squad are focusing on improving their technical and physical »»»

1 of 2 | The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciay Committee, has launched an investigation in the Department of Justice's prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn in the allegedly vandalization of»»»

A U.S. Marine waits for U.S. President Donald Trump on June 1 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Russia has released Robert Gilman, a former U.S. Marine detained in 2022, and Gilman is expected to arrive Tuesday at the base. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Robert Gilman, a former»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that North Korea's military cooperation with Russia poses a mounting threat to the Asia-Pacific region. In this July 28 photo, Zelensky (L) attends the funeral service for late Sen. Lindsey Graham in Washington, D.C. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/»»»

Among all the challenges across the Middle East, water security seldom makes the headlines, yet it can keep policymakers awake at night. The Gulf states are among the world’s highest consumers of water per capita but endure some of the most acute water scarcity on the planet. According to the World»»»

On Aug. 11, 2014, Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died at age 63 in Tiburon, Calif. 1 of 9 | Notes are left at a makeshift shrine to Robin Williams at the San Francisco Victorian house used in the 1993 movie "Mrs. Doubtfire" on August 12, 2014. Williams died August 11, 2014. File Ph»»»

Iran's five-month war with the US and Israel is edging toward a negotiated pause over the Strait of Hormuz even as its side effects keep spreading — with Yemen's Houthis hitting Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure twice in 24 hours and a still-unclaimed drone strike reaching as far as a refinery i»»»

After a bruising campaign in which the traditional Democratic establishment and its allies among Jewish and pro-Israel lobbying organisations spent tens of millions of dollars supporting their preferred candidate, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, a 41-year-old Egyptian American epidemiologist, Abdulrah»»»

Among all the challenges across the Middle East, water security seldom makes the headlines, yet it can keep policymakers awake at night. The Gulf states are among the world’s highest consumers of water per capita but endure some of the most acute water scarcity on the planet. According to the World»»»

The man charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most notorious unresolved murders, goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur'»»»

The trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur finally began on Monday, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the Cali»»»

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Schiff and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have released a new cybersecurity bill, the Water Cyber Shield Act. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Amy Klobuchar, D-»»»

1 of 3 | Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump signs an executive order that reevaluates childhood vaccines in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday. While the executive order still recommends childhood vaccines fo»»»

Duane "Keffe D" Davis was arrested September 29, 2023, on a single charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the 1996 shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis' trial starts Monday. File photo courtesy of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Pol»»»

As the Middle East War Continues Unabated Europe Is Confronted with Its Worst Energy Crisis, with the EU Unable to Formulate Cohesive Response - Institute of Energy for South-East Europe About UsMission and VisionBackgroundAnnual ReportArticles of AssociationBoard of GovernorsOrganizationExecutive »»»

1 of 5 | Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 3. Ten candidates are lined up to seek the Republican nomination to replace the late senator in November's election. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 10 (UPI) -- South Carol»»»