Using American weapons, the Taliban exchanged heavy gunfire with Iran along Iran’s border with Afghanistan during the weekend of May 27, 2023. The groups were fighting over a water rights dispute in the region. At least three people died and others were wounded. Video that has spread on social media shows Taliban fighters using a…

The Senate passed the debt ceiling bill, avoiding the first-ever national default. The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature. And more than 4,000 pages of newly released documents shed new light on the final days of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These stories and more highlight the rundown for Friday, June…

There’s bipartisan concern in Congress about TikTok. The app is owned by a Chinese parent company and collects vast sums of data from its users including location, keystrokes and biometrics. Now, a senator is raising the alarm about Chinese-owned finance apps that also collect sensitive personal information but have largely flown under the radar compared…

In May 2022, President Biden said the U.S. would intervene militarily should China invade Taiwan. In August of the same year, Nancy Pelosi visited the island, intensifying tensions in the already strained relations between the two superpowers. Now the U.S. and Taiwan have signed a new trade deal designed to bolster the economic ties between…

Suspected Chinese spies tried to infiltrate military bases in Alaska. According to an Army officer who spoke with USA Today, they were pretending to be tourists.  There have been similar encounters of tourists attempting to enter military bases in Alaska. Oftentimes, the incidents are ruled as mistakes. But other times, the incidents are found to…

Israel may be considering a preemptive strike on Iran as a means to deter its nuclear program, according to a portion of a top-secret intelligence report leaked on the platform Discord earlier this year. The document, classified as top secret, was coded as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and first reported by the Israeli…

A NASA panel established last year to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), commonly known as UFOs, held its inaugural public hearing on Wednesday, May 31. Comprised of 16 experts from various scientific fields, the panel was assembled to examine unclassified UFO sightings and provide rigorous scientific scrutiny to these occurrences. “It is our collective responsibility…