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600 Vanish From Nigerian Mosques — President Vows 'We Will Not Rest' Until Every One Is Found

Gunmen stormed four mosques in a single night, dragging away women, children and the elderly in what could be Nigeria's biggest mass kidnapping ever. Now President Bola Tinubu has ordered the military to bring them home.

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MUSIC

J. Cole Cancels Sacramento Show Hours Before Stage Time After Crew Member Dies in Highway Crash

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MIDDLE EAST

Six Months, Zero Sightings: Fears Grow Iran's New Supreme Leader May Already Be Dead

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US · SELDOVIA, ALASKA

Brothers Among 4 Killed as Small Plane Plunges Into Alaska Slough

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US · DUXBURY, MASS.

Jury Gets Lindsay Clancy Case After Dueling Closings on Postpartum Psychosis Defense

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US · BLOOMINGTON, ILL.

House Explosion Levels Illinois Home, Sends 8 to Hospital in Midnight Blast

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Pentagon Blows Up Another 'Drug Boat' in the Caribbean — Four Dead, Body Count Now Tops 227

U.S. Southern Command destroyed a second alleged smuggling vessel in a matter of days on Tuesday, pushing the death toll from Washington's year-long boat-bombing campaign past 227 — as lawyers, UN experts and senators brand the strikes extrajudicial killings.

RUSSIA

CIA Chief's Secret Moscow Dash: America Warns Putin — Don't Test NATO

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AFRICA

Nigeria's Kidnap Economy Booms: $5.8 Million in Ransoms Paid in One Year, Nearly 8,000 Snatched

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AFRICA

27 Killed, Four of Them Children, as RSF-Allied Rebels Storm Villages in Sudan's Nuba Mountains

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The WeeklyObserver

600 Vanish From Nigerian Mosques — President Vows 'We Will Not Rest' Until Every One Is Found

J. Cole Cancels Sacramento Show Hours Before Stage Time After Crew Member Dies in Highway Crash

Six Months, Zero Sightings: Fears Grow Iran's New Supreme Leader May Already Be Dead

US News

Brothers Among 4 Killed as Small Plane Plunges Into Alaska Slough

Jury Gets Lindsay Clancy Case After Dueling Closings on Postpartum Psychosis Defense

House Explosion Levels Illinois Home, Sends 8 to Hospital in Midnight Blast

World

Pentagon Blows Up Another 'Drug Boat' in the Caribbean — Four Dead, Body Count Now Tops 227

CIA Chief's Secret Moscow Dash: America Warns Putin — Don't Test NATO

Nigeria's Kidnap Economy Booms: $5.8 Million in Ransoms Paid in One Year, Nearly 8,000 Snatched

27 Killed, Four of Them Children, as RSF-Allied Rebels Storm Villages in Sudan's Nuba Mountains

Celebrity & Entertainment

Snoop Dogg Biopic Adds Nate Dogg, Kurupt and Lady of Rage as 'Snoop' Cast Fills Out

Tim Curry, 'Rocky Horror' and 'It' Icon, Dies at 80 as Hollywood Mourns 'A Bright Fierce Flame'

The Voice Behind Optimus Prime Falls Silent: Peter Cullen Dead at 85

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Cast a Spell Together Again at 'Practical Magic 2' London Premiere

Don Jr.'s Wall Street Firm Accused of 'Clairvoyant' Insider Bets on Dad's Government

Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' as Canada Trade War Boils Over

Klan Robes, Swastikas, Silence: Mike Collins's Staffing Scandal Just Got Worse

Marvell Smashes Records — And Wall Street Still Wipes Out $16 Billion

Wendy's Stock Crushed 13% as Trian Ditches Take-Private Bid

Salesforce Stock Rockets 13% as AI Blowout Quarter Fuels Big Anthropic Bet

CrowdStrike Stock Roars Toward Record High After CEO Declares "Best Quarter" Ever

Sports

Yankees' Elbow Nightmare: Setup Man Fernando Cruz's UCL Snaps as Bronx Bullpen Braces for September Panic

NFL Owners Bless Record $9.6 Billion Sale of Super Bowl Champ Seahawks to Khosla Family

Kuminga Snubs Lakers, Signs Two-Year Deal With Timberwolves — Slots In Next To Edwards