Topic: U.S. Marine

Russian officials on Monday said it has sentenced Michigan resident Stephen James Hubbard, 72, to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a Ukrainian mercenary.

The death toll from Israel's airstrike on the southern Beirut stronghold of the Lebanese Islamic militant group Hezbollah has risen to 37, the country's top health official said Saturday.

Amid fears of an expanding war in the Middle East following mass detonations of bombs surreptitiously planted in Hezbollah communication devices, Israel continued its assault of the Iran-backed militia overnight.

The U.S. Coast Guard revealed Monday one of the final messages sent by the five-person crew inside the Titan, as it descended toward Titanic's wreckage. The deep sea submersible imploded last year, killing all inside.

Jim Sasser, who represented Tennessee for 18 years as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate and was the ambassador to China, died early Tuesday evening at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The United States and South Korea conducted major amphibious assault drills Monday, storming a beach in the southeastern city of Pohang in an exercise meant to counter growing North Korean threats.

Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who holds dual United States-Russian citizenship, was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years in a penal colony for allegedly trying to raise money for the Ukrainian military.

Three American citizens released in a historic prisoner swap with Russia arrived in the United States late Thursday and were greeted on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala.

According to multiple media reports Thursday, a prisoner swap is underway between the United States, Russia and other nations. The actual exchange is expected to happen later Thursday.

Israel Defense Forces officials say an nighttime airstrike Tuesday killed the Hezbollah commander who ordered the rocket attack that killed 12 Israeli children in the Golan Heights Saturday.