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Pentagon's staff troll Secretary Pete Hegseth's wife with derogatory nickname: ‘Yoko Ono’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces criticism at the Pentagon as staff mockingly refer to his wife, Jennifer, as ‘Yoko Ono’.

Pentagon's staff troll Secretary Pete Hegseth's wife with derogatory nickname: ‘Yoko Ono’

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Ukraine’s ‘Operation Vivaldi’ pushed Russian forces back around Lyman in the Donbas. Now both armies are massing troops for the next battles farther south.

Andriy Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps, said this week that his units are successfully carrying out Operation “Vivaldi.” The first of its four phases, he said, is nearing completion: Russian units near the town of Lyman, which had been trying to push through to the Siverskyi Donets River opposite Sloviansk, have been…

US lifts sanctions on Eritrea with Red Sea in focus

US lifts sanctions on Eritrea with Red Sea in focus Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 09/18/2026 - 17:29 Proximity to Yemen puts Asmara at centre of growing strategic competition over Red Sea, amid Houthi military offensive Pedestrians cross a busy intersection in Asmara, Eritrea, on 4 October 2025 (Jemal Countess/AFP) Off The US has lifted…

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  • Strategic focus on Red Sea due to geopolitical competition
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