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Lawmakers respond to U.S. launching strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities

Congress members offered a split response after President Trump's announcement that the U.S. had launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities.

Belarus frees jailed opposition leader, 13 others after visit from U.S. envoy

U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, the highest-profile visit of a U.S. official to the authoritarian state in years.

U.S. launches strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump says

President Trump told the nation that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."

U.S. has begun evacuations of Americans from Israel, Huckabee says

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee's announcement comes days after confusion about whether the U.S. government would be assisting American citizens evacuating from Israel.

American among 3 arrested in Mexican fentanyl bust

The arrests were conducted as part of a joint operation between American and Mexican authorities.

French scientists discover new blood type in Guadeloupe woman

Thanks to DNA sequencing, the discovery of new blood groups has accelerated in recent years.

Hot air balloon catches fire and falls, killing at least 8 people

Footage shared by local media showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled towards the ground in Brazil on Saturday.

Superyacht that sank with tech magnate on board salvaged

Salvage crews are working on a complex operation to bring a superyacht that sank off Sicily last year ashore for further investigation.

Israel-Iran war enters second week with more strikes

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any military action by the U.S. in the escalating war with Israel would be "very, very dangerous for everybody."

Trump on DNI Tulsi Gabbard's Iran assessment: "She's wrong"

President Trump said his intelligence director was "wrong" when she testified Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon.

Diplomacy's "last shot" to de-escalate Israel-Iran conflict

There's a narrow window to bring the Israel-Iran conflict to an end before President Trump decides whether to involve the U.S. in the Israeli offensive.