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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that an attack on Thursday by Daesh group militants in Syria’s east killed five of its members. IS jihadists, once in control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria, were territorially defeated in Syria in 2019 in a battle spearheaded by the SDF
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Thailand and Cambodia should scale back their military presence along their shared border and work together to de-escalate tensions, Thailand’s new foreign minister told reporters on Thursday. Formally sworn into office along with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a day earlier, Sihasak Phuangketkeow stressed the need to uphold the ceasefire
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Drones flew over multiple airports across Denmark and caused one of them to close for hours, police said Thursday after a similar incident this week prompted Copenhagen airport to shut. The latest incidents in Danish skies follow similar events in Poland and Romania and the violation by Russian fighter jets
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The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse next week, is
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The front lines in Ukraine have reached an impasse, as parity in equipment, training and morale between Russian and Ukrainian forces stalls momentum on both sides, nationalist Russian senator Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview. “(The map of the front lines) is moving with enormous difficulty, at a colossal price,
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Kosovo’s acting prime minister on Wednesday called on the international community not to consider Serbia a normal state until it hands over those responsible for a deadly incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen in 2023. Albin Kurti visited the grave of Afrim Bunjaku, a police officer shot dead in
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At least 20 people were injured on Wednesday after a drone launched from Yemen hit Israel’s Red Sea resort city of Eilat on the border with Jordan and Egypt, the Israeli national ambulance service Magen David Adom said. It said two people were seriously injured while others sustained medium
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Three people have been shot at an Immigration and US Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency’s director said. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday. “It could be employees, it
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on Wednesday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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A deal to restart Iraq’s Kurdistan oil exports stalled on Tuesday as two oil producing firms asked for assurances their debts would be repaid. The deal between Iraq’s federal and Kurdish regional governments and oil firms is designed to lead to the resumption of exports of about 230,
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Ukraine’s military struck two Russian oil distribution facilities in the Bryansk and Samara regions overnight, Kyiv’s general staff said on Tuesday. In Samara, the military hit a line production station that mixes Russian oil for its flagship Urals oil grade for export, the general staff said on Telegram.
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Israel will close the Allenby Crossing, the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, starting on Wednesday until further notice, the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings said on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why Israel was closing the crossing. The office of Israeli Prime Minister
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Watched by the world, President Donald Trump returns to the United Nations on Tuesday to deliver a wide-ranging address on his second-term foreign policy achievements and lament that “globalist institutions have significantly decayed the world order,” according to the White House. World leaders will be listening closely to his remarks
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Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison in Cairo, his family said on Tuesday, prompting an emotional reunion with his loved ones after a pardon from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Abdel Fattah, 43, was a leading figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising and an outspoken critic of
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Russia denied on Monday that its aircraft were violating NATO airspace and warned that countries making such accusations risked “escalating tensions.” Three Russian fighter jets entered NATO member Estonia’s airspace on Friday, remaining there for 12 minutes before being escorted out by NATO aircraft, Tallinn said. The MiG-31 jets,
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Germany’s armed forces are planning how to treat a potential 1,000 wounded troops per day should a large-scale conflict between NATO and Russia break out, and amid long-standing warnings by the alliance that Moscow could be capable of launching an attack from 2029. Moscow has rejected any suggestions