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US hits Iraq, Syria in retaliation for Jordan attack

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By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor and Abdulrahman Zeyad | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in … Read more

Biden, first lady honor soldiers lost in Jordan drone attack

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By Seung Min Kim | Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Standing solemnly under gray skies, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Friday to witness the return of three American service members killed in last weekend’s drone attack in Jordan. It’s a … Read more

Retailers slash prices on more Nike sneakers in 2024, data shows

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By Reuters API Published Feb 2, 2024 Retailers slashed prices on twice as many Nike sneakers in 2024 than two years earlier, endangering the sportswear giant’s typically strong pricing power at a time of stiff competition from rival sneaker brands, according to analytics firm Vertical Knowledge. Nike instagram Researchers compiled online pricing data from a … Read more

Australian livestock stuck in limbo on ship in Perth as second vessel heads to Red Sea

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The MV Bahijah set out for Israel on January 5 carrying around 14,000 sheep and 2,000 cattle but diverted due to threat of attack and was ordered home by the Australian government. It arrived in Perth in Western Australia on Monday during a summer heatwave. Livestock on MV Bahijah that is docked at a port … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologizes for keeping hospitalization secret

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized for keeping his recent hospitalization hidden from the White House and the American people. “We did not handle this right. I did not handle this right,” he told reporters Thursday in his first news conference since his secret hospitalization and since the deadly drone attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.  He … Read more

What are the Iran-backed groups operating in the Middle East, as U.S. forces come under attack?

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President Biden vowed to respond after three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when a drone struck a small American base known as Tower 22 in Jordan, very near the border with Syria. An Iran-backed group called Islamic Resistance in Iraq appeared to claim the attack.   What is this group, why did it attack a … Read more

US blames Islamic Resistance in Iraq for Jordan drone attack

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By Jon Gambrell, Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, as President Joe Biden weighs his response options to the strike. The attribution … Read more

Biden says he’s decided on response to killing of 3 US troops

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By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday indicated he had decided how to respond after the killing of three American service members Sunday in a drone attack in Jordan that his administration has pinned on Iran-backed militia groups, saying he does not want to expand the … Read more

U.S. beefing up air defenses at base in Jordan where 3 soldiers were killed in drone attack

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Biden on response to deadly drone strike Biden says he’s decided on response to deadly drone attack on U.S. base in Jordan 06:45 Washington — The U.S. is sending additional air defenses to the base in northeast Jordan where three American soldiers were killed in a drone attack on Sunday, according to a U.S. official.  … Read more