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Planet Earth. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Asteroid as big as 310 feet in diameter to pass by Earth

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 13, 2023. South Korea said Wednesday, March 22, 2023, North Korea has test-launched multiple cruise missiles toward the North’s eastern waters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea fires cruise missiles as U.S., South Korea stage drills

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, arrives at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Dueling summits as Kishida makes surprise Kyiv trip in midst of Xi-Putin talks

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times
A sign as well as a tank mark the entrance to Fort Pickett Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Blackstone, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Fort Pickett to become first Army post to purge Confederate name under congressional mandate

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks by phone with the Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2023. The Biden administration has been stressing to Beijing that an expected unofficial visit to the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen should not be used as pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

U.S. tells China a Taiwan president stopover is 'nothing new'

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves the Russian Government building after his talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

Japanese leader arrives in Kyiv as China's Xi visits Russia

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press
Russia and U.S. reaper drone illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Incompetence of Defense Department's leadership puts America's safety at risk

By Newt Gingrich
Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin welcomes China's Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine fighting

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20 to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

China's Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

By Emily Wang Fujiyama and Joe McDonald - Associated Press
U.S. Army soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea calls latest missile launch a simulated nuclear attack on South

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press
Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill, not far from the front lines, in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Grueling artillery battles have stepped up in recent weeks in the vicinity of Kupiansk, a strategic town on the eastern edge of Kharkiv province by the banks of the Oskil River as Russian attacks intensifying in a push to capture the entire industrial heartland known as the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and the Luhansk provinces. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Kyiv plans to turn war against Russians; forces intent on holding Bakhmut until offensive drive

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Null and void, but still causing headaches: Pentagon's legal woes over COVID vaccine mandate persist

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The International Criminal Court said Friday, March 17, 2023 it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. (Dmitry Azarov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

State Department rejects Russian suspension of New START nuclear arms treaty

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., left, and Sen. John Thune. R-S.D., right, speak during the news conference to introduce the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Joe Manchin stakes out a more conservative space as 2024 looms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times
This combination photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022, and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019. China says Xi will visit Russia from Monday, March 10, 2023, to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Putin. (Sergei Bobylev, Noel Celis/Pool Photos via AP, File)

China's Xi to visit Putin amid Beijing's bolder global role

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says ICBM test aimed to strike fear into enemies

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press
Adm. John Aquilino, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, speaks at a news conference at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, on June 30, 2022. Adm. Aquilino said Monday, Aug. 1, that he wants to expand and strengthen its ties with New Zealand. His visit to Wellington comes as the U.S. is looking to increase its presence in the region amid deep concerns over China's growing ambitions in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

Chinese military commanders refuse talks with U.S. admiral

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Russia races to recover U.S. drone wreckage as questions swirl over sensitive data

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands following a joint news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Japanese, Korean leaders move to mend frayed ties at Tokyo summit

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times
Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein, left, demonstrates a prototype spacesuit as deputy manager for extravehicular activity Russell Ralston explains features of the spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA selected Axiom Space to design the spacesuits that its moonwalking astronauts will wear when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

New NASA spacesuit prototype unveiled at Houston Space Center

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, right, welcomes Czech Republic's President Petr Pavel as they meet at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets

Associated Press
This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Declassified video shows Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on, colliding with U.S. drone

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

U.S. releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

Associated Press
A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

'That's U.S. property': Pentagon races to find drone wreckage as Russia launches recovery mission

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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