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President Donald Trump on Sunday said his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will now be a top grade military complex that will house drones, snipers and ammunition. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he has agreed to convert the arch at the strong request of the U.S. military, and for National Security purposes. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The Military Complex/Triumphal Arch near Arlington National Cemeter

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn't require difficult decisions. Is it going to be groceries this week? asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. Is it gonna be getting gas in our tank to go to work? He shook his head when asked about President Donald Trump's assertion last week that higher gas prices are a small price to pay for the war with Iran . I dont feel like its

SEOUL, Sept 20 (Reuters) - North Korea launched two missiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, its second set of tests in roughly a week and days after Pyongyang accused the USof driving tensions on the Korean Peninsula through a series of military drills. Just three hours after launching a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) toward the East Sea on Sunday afternoon, North Korea fired another short-range ballistic missile, according to South Korea's defence ministry. If the subsequent launch is c

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that he plans to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, known as an AI czar, and create an AI force, though he did not provide details about either initiative or how they would be implemented. Fears are growing in Washington among lawmakers about the risks posed by AItechnology on humans and property. Earlier this month, former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said that people building AI

When you're living near a mountainside, one of the last things you would expect to see moving fast at higher elevations would be a tornado, but that's what happened in Utah on Friday. According to the Salt Lake City, Utah, branch of the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) , a rare, strong twister occurred near Fruit Heights, Utah. The funnel first made contact with the ground near a summit along the ridgeline extending west from Francis Peak, at an elevation of about 7,500 feet (almost 2,300 met

A column of black smoke has been seen near Riyadh's international airport hours after air raid alerts were issued in the Saudi capital. It was the first time residents had been given an alert and urged to stay indoors since a recent escalation in the conflict with Iran-backed Houthi militants in neighbouring Yemen. A number of apparent explosions have since been heard in the capital and major problems reported at King Khalid International Airport, with the tracking website FlightRadar24 reportin

By Stine Jacobsen, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little COPENHAGEN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland's sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington permanent control over the Arctic island's security, leaving its precise scope unclear. The United States, Denmark and Greenland said late on Friday they had entered into an agreement for the US to develop a significant mil

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday thanked President Donald Trump for signing into law a bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, which allows for the expansion of sanctions on Russia related to Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Trump signed the bill on Friday, the White House said in a statement, after the legislation passed both the House and Senate with strong bipartisan backing. The legislation authorizes and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs and proh

Saudi Arabia warned of a hostile aerial threat and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in its capital, late Friday and early Saturday. Also Saturday, Irans state TV reported that a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israels intelligence agency Mossad. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Friday. Full coverage is available here . Alerts sound across Saudi Arabia for aerial threat Saudi Arabia warned of a hostile aerial threat a