KABUL, Afghanistan — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday, killing at least eight people in Afghanistan, authorities said. The region is highly seismically active, and quakes have caused thousands of deaths in recent years. Friday’s earthquake had an epicenter in the...

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle on 16 July 2020. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images One crew member was rescued Friday after Iranian forces shot down a U.S. fighter jet, MS NOW reported. The U.S. was searching for the second member of the F-15 aircraft’s crew, whose whereabouts were unknown, according to MS...