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Concerned coaches and parents in the U.K. are raising alarm after a middle-aged transgender woman who transitioned from biological male was allowed to compete in cricket against girls as young as 12. Multiple letters to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from parents have expressed concern that the player, …

JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel’s military reportedly launched an air strike Sunday in a Damascus neighborhood near an Iranian military installation – the latest attack in the Jewish state’s “shadow war” against Iran. The Syrian opposition news outlet Orient News claimed the military strikes targeted Iranian regime officials in the central …

North Korea confirmed Sunday the intercontinental ballistic missile test conducted Saturday was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity against its rivals, according to The Associated Press. The country also threatened additional powerful steps in response to the planned military training between the U.S. and South Korea. In …

The United States military announced Saturday that it conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria that yielded the capture of a top ISIS official.  In a press release, CENTCOM announced that U.S. Central Command forces worked with the Syrian military to conduct a helicopter raid which led to the capture …

Mexican presidential candidates have turned to the migrant population of the U.S. to court support in the upcoming 2024 elections.  “[Mexican migrants] have voting power and the ability to influence and advise their family who lives in Mexico,” Marko Cortés, national president of Mexico’s center-right party PAN, said at an …

North Korea has warned the United States and South Korea that planned military drills this month will be met with “unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions.” The hermit nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the threat Friday after South Korea and the U.S. announced joint military drills have been planned that …

The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country’s north on Monday and …

Russia is set to begin conducting naval drills with China and South Africa on Friday in a trilateral display of international cooperation – and show off a powerful weapon. The Admiral Gorshkov, a Russian frigate, arrived in Capetown, South Africa, this week ahead of the joint drills that will take …

South Africa launched joint naval drills with Russia and China Friday, prompting international backlash along with questions over its allegiances with Western allies.  The 10-day long military exercises, which come as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine looms, signify more than an ambivalent attitude towards the war, …

European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee’s decision to set out a path for some athletes from Russia and Belarus to try to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. In a resolution adopted Thursday by 444 votes in favor, 26 against and 37 abstentions, EU legislators said allowing …