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The strikes highlight the challenge facing the Biden administration as it attempts to deter attacks by the Iran-backed paramilitaries without provoking an escalation.

Iran-Backed Militias Threaten Revenge After U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria  The Wall Street Journal U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against Iran Backed Militia Group  NBC News US military launches airstrikes against three facilities on Iraq-Syria border  Fox News Biden orders airstrikes against facilities used by

National weather forecast: Seattle, Portland likely to have hottest days ever today  Fox News Portland, Oregon, sets high-temperature record and Seattle comes close  CNN Heat Wave In Pacific Northwest Roasts All-Time Records  NPR Pacific Northwest braces for another day of triple-digit temperatures Monday  KATU

Hottest days ever forecast in Seattle and Portland  Fox News Portland, Oregon, sets high-temperature record and Seattle comes close  CNN ‘We’re going to have to get used to this’: Pacific Northwest scorched in dangerous, record-breaking heatwave  USA TODAY Our third triple-digit day of

North Korean state television has aired a citizen’s comment about Kim Jong Un’s “emaciated” condition, a highly unusual broadcast in a country where public discussion of the leader’s health and personal life has always been off-limits. Analysts say the remarks

Vaccinated among Delta deaths, but older, relatively few: UK data  Business Insider The Delta variant will cause ‘very dense outbreaks’ in these five states, expert says  CNN World Health Organization urges fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks  CBS News Opinion | Get

Swathes of the United States and Canada endured record-setting heat on Sunday, forcing schools and Covid-19 testing centers to close and the postponement of an Olympic athletics qualifying event, with forecasters warning of worse to come. The village of Lytton

Hair windswept, handsome and 32-metres high, a statue of Mao Zedong presides over a crowd of millennials alternating between selfies and bubble teas — drawing a thread through the past, present and future of China’s Communist Party in its red

Mainstream candidates delivered a stinging setback to Marine Le Pen’s far right on Sunday in a second round of regional elections that saw President Emmanuel Macron’s party suffer another drubbing at the polls. Le Pen‘s National Rally was once again

Emergency crews have been working at the site of the Champlain Towers South building collapse around the clock since last Thursday. (Image credit: Wilfredo Lee/AP)