LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France gave the go-ahead on Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a major wildfire to return to home, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in a grueling battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. Europe is sweltering…
Hours later U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said in a post on X it had completed a “heavy wave of strikes against Iran” in response to what it had previously described as an “attempted surprise attack” on American forces. CENTCOM said dozens of targets belonging to the IRGC were struck over two hours, including “military…
The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for any quick resolution. FILE – A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday,…
Multiple explosions were heard in the city, according to a Reuters witness. Russia was striking the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the early hours of Thursday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post, asking people to seek shelter. Multiple explosions were heard in the city, according to a Reuters witness. Ukraine’s…
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Tuesday set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in the Kumamoto area on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu. AEON Mall shopping center, where an explosion occurred following a powerful earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2026….
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in southwestern Japan earlier this week has killed at least 23 people, the Kumamoto prefectural government said Thursday. Time was running out for finding survivors as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto…
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By ZOE MASON on July 29, 2026. Landing Zones CEO Spencer Fraser poses with head of air power at Airbus Defence and Space Jean-Brice Dumont after signing the new agreement in the U.K. last week.–PHOTO COURTESY LANDING ZONES zmason@medicinehatnews.com A major Medicine Hat aerospace company inked a significant deal with Europe’s largest aeronautics and space…
CAIRO (AP) — Jordan’s air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday, the country’s military said, hours after the U.S. military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against American forces in the Middle East, shattering a brief pause in fighting. The Jordanian military said the missiles had been “intercepted…
Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he had an “excellent” meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, marking their first face-to-face talks since the war with Iran began in late February. “I’ve just finished an excellent meeting with President…