American contractors went to fight gangs in Haiti. Then a Navy veteran disappeared.

August 11, 2025

Miot Patrice Jacquet, a U.S. Navy veteran, didn’t think twice about helping an American military contractor with a dangerous mission.

A man with glasses and wearing a dark shirt.

Then the operation collapsed and Jacquet disappeared. →

Decades of blunders put a lethal wall at the end of a South Korean airport runway. →

Vice President JD Vance speaking at a podium.

Military engineers raised a river’s water level for a Vance family boating trip. →

A woman sits on rocks at a beach, looking contemplative, one foot in the water.

A fraternity awaits survivors of shark attacks. Welcome to “Bite Club.” →

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