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The Pentagon has failed what is being called its first-ever comprehensive audit, a senior official said on Thursday, finding U.S. Defense Department accounting discrepancies that could take years to resolve. Results of the inspection – conducted by some 1,200 auditors and

At least 63 are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the missing after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century. The

British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to voters to back her Brexit plan Friday as she waited to see whether rivals within her party have gained enough support to launch a leadership challenge. May answered questions from callers on a

The U.S. Treasury announced Thursday punishing sanctions on 17 Saudis for their role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Those sanctioned include Saud al-Qahtani, a former top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,

The head of Bangladesh’s refugee commission said plans to begin the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar yesterday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. The refugees “are not willing to go back now,”

North Korean state media on Friday said leader Kim Jong Un had overseen the testing of a “newly-developed high-tech weapon,” according to South Korean Yonhap news agency. “Kim Jong Un inspected the testing of a newly-developed high-tech tactical weapon at the

The People’s Protection Units (YPG) is the Syrian wing of PKK terrorist group but the U.S. does not recognize it as such, U.S. Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey said Thursday. Jeffrey spoke at a panel at the Defense One Summit,

Britain’s Brexit minister Dominic Raab resigned on Thursday in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. “I regret to say that, following the Cabinet meeting yesterday on the Brexit deal, I must resign,” he said in