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      <description><![CDATA[The “Tanker war” grew out of the fierce eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:32:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US Says it's Hunting for Explosive Mines in Latest Push to Open the Strait of Hormuz</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump Dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for New Talks With Iran’s Foreign Minister</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:27:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. weapons deliveries to Ukraine haven't stopped despite the Iran war, and Ukrainian long-range strikes continue to hammer Russian oil production and manufacturing plants, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners.]]></description>
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      <title>Sánchez Sidesteps a Spain-US Dispute at NATO, Brushing off Reported Pentagon Email</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is refusing to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war.]]></description>
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      <title>'Tie You to a Tree and Beat You': Black Army Captain's Allegations Against Supervisor</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. Navy to shoot any boat putting mines in the strait, while the military said it intercepted two oil supertankers that tried to evade its effort to prevent passage to and from Iran’s ports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Military Child of the Year' Awards Honor Seven Teens from Seven Services</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lila Morgan is 18 years old but has written a book, started a nonprofit, and is graduating college soon. She credits her military father for inspiring her.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lebanon and Israel are set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:52:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[European Union envoys are close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Lorne Cook)</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Navy Veteran Charged in Series of Atlanta-Area Shootings Dies in Jail</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:46:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that neither federal law nor the Constitution shields military contractors if their mistakes or negligence result in solders being injured in a combat zone.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ukraine is pushing for face-to-face talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s top diplomat said, presenting a potential summit as a way of injecting new momentum into U.S.-led efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pentagon officials told Congress their goal is to make any Chinese attack “infeasible” as new missile deployments and allied pressure reshape the region’s defense strategy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:59:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Navy Review Puts Future of Highest-Tech US Aircraft Carriers in Question</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy is reviewing the design and costs of one of its most high-tech and expensive warships — the Ford-class aircraft carrier — and the service's top boss is not ruling out canceling future versions of its design.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:17:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new directive issued Tuesday by Defense Secretary Hegseth is feared to have negative repercussions on military personnel in close quarters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>nick.m@military.com (Nick Mordowanec)</author>
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      <title>US Forces Board a Sanctioned Oil Tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon Says</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:48:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <source url="https://www.military.com">Associated Press</source>
      <author>customersupport@military.com (Ben Finley and Konstantin Toropin and Bill Barrow)</author>
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      <title>US Military Pushes for Boost in 2027 Spending on Drones and Air Defenses Used in Iran War</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Konstantin Toropin and Ben Finley and David Klepper)</author>
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      <title>Driven by the Pressures of War, Iran Gives Its Field Commanders More Power Over Militias in Iraq</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran has granted its commanders more autonomy over militias in Iraq, allowing some to act without Tehran’s approval.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <source url="https://www.military.com">Associated Press</source>
      <author>customersupport@military.com (Qassim Abdul and Samya Kullab)</author>
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      <title>US and Iran Signal New Ceasefire Talks in Islamabad as Truce Nears End</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional officials say the United States and Iran have signaled they will hold new ceasefire talks in Islamabad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy)</author>
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      <title>Vote to Provide Legal Due Process to Non-Citizen US Military Veterans Fails</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rep. Norma Torres felt confident in her amendment after it failed by a very narrow margin in 2025. Instead, the GOP majority knocked it down again on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea, a muscular display of air power on the alliance’s eastern flank away from the spotlight on the Middle East.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Airlines warn flights could be disrupted within weeks as Europe’s fuel system strains under competing military and commercial demand.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell and David Rising)</author>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:41:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Jim Gomez)</author>
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      <title>Mexico’s Sheinbaum Demands Explanations After US Embassy Officials Die in Chihuahua</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:54:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>North Korea Again Tests Cluster Munitions in a Launch Observed by Kim and His Daughter</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[North Korea said it test-launched ballistic missiles with cluster bomb warheads in the second such test this month, likely underscoring its push to expand its capabilities to penetrate U.S. and South Korean defenses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung)</author>
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      <title>Peace Talks Falter After US Navy Seizes Iranian Ship in Strait of Hormuz</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran called the boarding “piracy” and warned ships to stay out, raising fears the vital oil route could become a flashpoint for a wider conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:59:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>darius.r@military.com (Darius Radzius)</author>
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      <title>With No End in Sight to Their Deployment, National Guard Troops Roam Washington</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The fate of nearly 10,000 pieces remains unknown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (ILLIA NOVIKOV)</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Israel’s new “forward defense line” inside Lebanon signals a deeper push that could lock in a buffer zone and heighten the risk of a wider regional war.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh also said his country will not hand over its enriched uranium to the United States, rejecting claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (SUZAN FRASER)</author>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>customersupport@military.com (HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI)</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division soldiers were hurt in the encounter with a brown bear while participating a "land navigation training event." ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:27:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:27:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:08:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:34:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate>
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