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Russian hackers infiltrate Veterans Affairs via Microsoft account
The state-sponsored hacker infiltrated a platform called Microsoft Azure Government, which provides storage, databases and other services to the VA.
By Zamone Perez
Afghan interpreter who risked life for US troops shot and killed in DC
The former military interpreter found work as a ride-share driver and even managed to send money back to Afghanistan to help family and friends.
Philippines considers US request to host Afghan visa processing center
The full details of the request, which remains under negotiations, have not been made public.
Hundreds of Afghans wait in Albania in a prolonged US visa process
Hundreds of Afghans are in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country.
Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize weapons, Chinese arsenal growing
Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that “we are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history."
By The Associated Press
Afghan soldier who helped the US weathers uncertainty in asylum bid
A former Afghan intelligence officer who fled the Taliban after sharing information with American soldiers is now in Texas, where his future is uncertain.
A frayed refugee system creates obstacles for Afghans in Texas
The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency.
By Caroline Covington, The Texas Tribune
Blinken says no Ukraine cease-fire without Russia’s withdrawal
In a speech in Finland, Blinken said a cease-fire without Russia’s withdrawal would simply “freeze current lines in place.”
Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ requires degree in international relations
Although “Kandahar” feels a like desert "The Fast and the Furious" meets Tom Clancy, there is a lot of warranted wistful reflection about the way the gr
By Sarah Sicard
Global military spending up to an all-time high
A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.
‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ is Hollywood meets ‘no man left behind’
“Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” is in theaters on April 21.
By Sarah Sicard