Frank Christiansendpa(TNS) Dusseldorf — A German military officer with ties to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has confessed to providing information to a Russian intelligence service. He was driven by fear of a nuclear escalation of the Ukraine war, the 54-year-old testified at the first day of his trial before the Dusseldorf Higher......

Thomas GnauDayton Daily News, Ohio(TNS) Apr. 29—Aviation mainteance, repair and overhaul company Sierra Nevada has won an Air Force contract that will create work at Dayton International Airport and Beavercreek. Sierra Nevada Corp., based in Englewood, Colo., was awarded a $13,080,890,647 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target),...

Tehran — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected speculation about nuclear cooperation with Pyongyang following the arrival of a North Korean business delegation in Tehran. The group, headed by Minister for External Economic Relations Yun Jong Ho, travelled to the Iranian capital last week for an economic conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman...

dpa(TNS) Vienna — The psychological impact of experiencing war can stay with children for “decades,” the leader of aid organization SOS Children’s Villages told dpa on Thursday. Acting chief executive Angela Rosales said the interests of children affected by conflicts must receive greater attention, as the group marked its 75th anniversary. The non-governmental...

Gillian Brassil, Andrew SheelerMcClatchy Washington Bureau(TNS) The Senate passed a potential ban on TikTok as part of a long-awaited foreign aid package late Tuesday night. The measure, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law today, could block TikTok nationwide if its China-based parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell its U.S. operations...

dpa(TNS) Tel Aviv/Beirut — Israeli jets and artillery struck approximately 40 pro-Iranian Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said. The IDF said it hit an arms depot and “other terror infrastructures,” in south Lebanon, especially in the area of Ayta ash Shab, a hotbed of the group. Lebanese security......