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Nov 13, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump reiterated a sweeping claim about U.S. troops in the war he's waging while revealing who's really setting its pace.In a pair of interviews that aired Thursday, Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that "nobody's been killed in the last five months" in the war against Iran. He then told sports commentator Stephen A. Smith that he's stretching out the conflict because Middle Eastern nations he described as "tremendous investors" in the United States asked him to do so, The Washington Post reported Friday."We haven't lost a soldier in five months, and we control the Gulf," Trump told Hewitt.Pentagon figures cited by the Post show 23 American service members have died in the Middle East during the war with Iran, with 11 deaths coming from enemy fire and the other 12 in nonhostile circumstances. In July, an enemy attack on an air base in Jordan killed three soldiers, while another died during a controlled drone detonation at a base in Iraq and a Navy captain was killed in an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea, the Post reported. Two airmen supporting the war died in October in incidents not involving combat, according to Pentagon figures reported by Air & Space Forces Magazine.The remarks aired a day after Trump attended a Veterans Day ceremony alongside Vice President JD Vance.In his conversation with Smith, Trump insisted he has the power to wrap up the war quickly but is holding back because neighboring countries prefer a slower approach. He said those nations "would rather have me do it the way I'm doing it now.""I could end it immediately, but at the request of the nations that I'm looking to protect, we are doing it a little bit longer way," Trump said. "All of them would much prefer the waiting period...So, they've asked me to do that...I'm not sure I agree with it."

Nov 13, 2026 - World

The world must immediately and drastically cut fossil fuel emissions to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday at his final climate summit, urging the world to "follow the science" and face hard facts.

Nov 13, 2026 - World

International health experts are meeting this week to determine if the United States and Mexico have forfeited one of their greatest public health victories - the elimination of measles.

Nov 13, 2026 - World

The FBI's counterintelligence operation has increased arrests for spying 53% over the past 21 months as espionage threats intensify from China, Russia and Iran pursuing American military secrets, advanced technology and intelligence about U.S. government operations.

Nov 13, 2026 - World

First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications towerIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain in response to a US airstrike on a communications tower in Sirik overlooking the strait of Hormuz. It is Iran’s first direct attack on US military installations for months.“This is a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to end its aerial mischief and oil smuggling in the strait of Hormuz,” the IRGC said. “In the event of repeated violations and aggression, the IRGC aerospace force is on full alert to confront the enemy without constraint.” Continue reading...