Tag: military and defense
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it
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Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa kills 7
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service says seven people were killed when debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight
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Ukraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid
Congressional leaders are warning that shortages of ammunition and supplies are resulting in Ukraine losing ground in the war with Russia
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‘They wanted to humiliate us.’ Palestinian women detained by Israel allege abuse in Israeli custody
Palestinians in Gaza returning from wartime detention in Israeli custody are reporting physical abuse and medical neglect inside Israel’s network of prisons
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Pentagon to lift ban on V-22 Osprey flights, 3 months after fatal crash in Japan
U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week
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Finland’s new president Alexander Stubb says the Nordic country enters ‘a new era’ as a NATO member
Alexander Stubb has been sworn in as Finland’s new president
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UN experts: Sudan’s paramilitary forces carried out ethnic killings and rapes that may be war crimes
A new report from United Nations experts says paramilitary forces and their allied militias fighting to take power in Sudan carried out widespread ethnic killings and rapes that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity
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French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking?
French President Emmanuel Macron appears isolated on the European stage after saying he could not rule out the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine
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What to know about the situation in the Middle East this week
As cease-fire talks have floundered, Israel has vowed to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip despite warnings from the U.S. to work harder to protect civilians
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Paris signed security agreement with France after similar deal with Germany
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a bilateral security agreement with France