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Citizens of three Pacific Island nations, eligible to serve in the U.S. military, find it hard to make use of the health benefits they have earned.

Some fighters who led an incursion into Russian territory this week have neo-Nazi ties. “I worry that something like this could backfire on Ukraine because these are not ambiguous people.”

The assault on Thursday in the city of Nakano in central Japan took the lives of two women and two police officers. It was a rare episode of violence in a country where gun crime remains low.

The cross-border raid by Russian fighters based in Ukraine appeared intended in part to force Moscow to divert its soldiers from the battlefield.

A decree formalizing the measure, which was passed in 2021, is riddled with exceptions. Critics call its effect symbolic, at best.

Ukrainian pilots have a lot to learn before they can start using U.S.-made fighter jets, but experts say it might take less time than once thought.

The local governor blamed a Ukrainian sabotage group, while Kyiv’s military intelligence agency said that “opposition-minded citizens of Russia” were responsible.

Many of the 19 victims were schoolchildren. The fire service said it was still unclear who had set the building ablaze.

Many of the victims in the blaze were children, and the government was flying out some of the injured so they could receive treatment.

Many of the victims in the overnight blaze were children, and the government was flying out some of the injured so they could receive treatment.