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A pickup truck that collided with a tour van near Yellowstone National Park last week, killing seven people, crossed the highway’s center line and hit the van, according to Idaho State Police. Investigating troopers have determined that the Dodge Ram pickup crossed the line on U.S. Highway 20 and struck the Mercedes passenger van, Police said in a Tuesday statement. Police are still investigating what caused the driver to veer into oncoming traffic. There was a group of twelve Chinese tourists and an Italian tourist on board the van, in addition to the driver. Five of the Chinese tourists, the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials.Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran, while Iran has maintained its historic ties to the gulf.The two U.S. officials spoke with The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. The White House and National Security Council did…

CNN  —  At least 22 people, including seven children, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on a school compound sheltering thousands of displaced people in the Al Bureij camp in central Gaza, hospital officials said. Dozens more were injured in the strike, they said. At the site of the attack, video from the scene showed a large crater where people searched through the rubble of the school for survivors, the remnants of tents and belongings littering the ground. Safaa Al Khaldi, who was sheltering at the school, said that her son was injured in the strike. “Our children are…

Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India CNN  —  India launched military strikes on targets in Pakistan, both countries said on Wednesday, with Pakistan claiming it had shot down at least two Indian Air Force planes in response, in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. India’s missile strikes early Wednesday morning targeted “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan’s densely populated Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, it said. They come more than two weeks after a massacre of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on its neighbor. Pakistani forces had downed at least two planes from India’s air force, a Pakistani…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris received backlash after attending the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s gala in New York City, amidst record-low support for the Democratic Party following its continuous support of Israel’s war on Gaza during the Biden administration.  The official X account for the Democrats posted a photo of Harris before she arrived at the Met Gala on Tuesday, captioned, “Kamala Harris stuns at the Met Gala.” This sparked a swarm of criticism towards the Democratic Party, which has a record-low approval rating, according to CNN. “The Democratic Party should delete this ASAP & fire whoever posted it. Just 27%…

Saudi Arabia has been lobbying the US to stop all US attacks on Yemen ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the kingdom, warning that it would create an “embarrassing situation” for Riyadh and the US, Middle East Eye can reveal. Saudi Arabia has resisted the US bombing campaign in Yemen since the Biden administration began strikes in 2024, but their insistence that attacks stop picked up last week as they became more concerned about the scope of the strikes, two US officials told MEE on the condition of anonymity. “Trump appears to be meeting a Saudi ‘ask’ to stop…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to implement his ban on transgender people serving in the military.The justices granted an emergency request from the Trump administration to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy while litigation continues.The court’s brief order noted that the three liberal justices dissented.The decision is a loss for the seven individual transgender service members, led by lead plaintiff Emily Shilling, a Navy commander, who had sued to block it.”Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a devastating blow to transgender service members who have demonstrated their capabilities and commitment to our nation’s defense,”…

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are ready to do something exceptional and start their own history by beating Paris Saint-Germain and reaching the Champions League final.Arsenal head into the second leg of their semi-final against the French champions trailing by one goal following Ousmane Dembele’s early strike at the Emirates a week ago. The Gunners were second best for much of the first leg, but Arteta insists Arsenal are more than capable of defying the odds by winning in Paris and booking their place in this month’s final in Munich.”To win the final of the Champions League, you have to do…

KUWAIT: Two million Asians live in Kuwait, almost 40 percent of the total population and 58.5 percent of total expatriates, according to the latest official statistics released by the government’s Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). About 90 percent of Asians, or 1.8 million, are workers who made up 70.6 percent of all expatriate workers until the end of 2024, the PACI report said.PACI said Kuwait’s population nearly touched the 5-million mark, coming at 4.988 million, an increase of under 3 percent from the previous year. Kuwaitis rose slightly to 1.57 million or just 31 percent of the total population,…

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in the Mount Vesuvius eruption. The scroll — named PHerc. 172 — is one of hundreds from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, which was buried under volcanic debris when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, according to the Vesuvius Challenge, an initiative focused on decoding the texts of…