Satellite imagery and data collected by mapping experts show extensive destruction in 11 villages in southern Lebanon located immediately next to the border with Israel. Some experts suggest Israel is aiming to create a depopulated buffer zone, a strategy it has already deployed along its border with Gaza.

Hezbollah said Saturday that it had used missiles and drones to target military and intelligence facilities. 11 people were hurt in a direct strike on a building in Tira, a predominantly Israeli Arab town. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza killed scores of people.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield.

Nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought no shortage of complicated twists and turns. But one bizarre new element particularly stands out: North Korean troops in the battlefield mix.

The U.S. is providing about $425 million in new military aid to Ukraine that includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Charging documents accused former Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson of wearing the unearned decorations since at least January 2019 and lying to the Marine Corps about obtaining a doctoral degree and transcript from Liberty University that same year.

The Pentagon’s top general in the Middle East is being investigated over a claim that he shoved a subordinate during a heated exchange on a recent flight to Israel, an official said Friday.

VA leaders told Congress in September that they needed $3 billion immediately to close a budget gap or veterans would lose their monthly benefits on Oct. 1. Instead, the VA has a surplus of $5.1 billion from fiscal 2024, according to two lawmakers.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service employees have the legal right to either show up on the job or walk out. Employees won’t notify supervisors of their choice until Monday, leaving AAFES in the dark about which areas of its operations will be affected and to what extent.

For U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan, America has mismanaged the war in Ukraine. It has rallied support, but not enough for Kyiv to win the war. He and other Americans who directly support Ukraine’s war effort, either through financial aid or voluntary combat, say the U.S. hasn’t done enough to help Ukraine defeat Russia. They doubt the presidential election will change that.