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NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks following Russia's attack with a new missile |
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KYIV, Ukraine—NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency meetings Tuesday after Russia targeted a major city with an experimental hypersonic ballistic missile, escalating the nearly 33-month-old conflict.Read More |
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The volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupted for the seventh time this year. |
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GRINDAVIK, Iceland—The volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December.Read More |
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US will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces. |
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KYIV, Ukraine—The Biden administration will authorize Ukraine to employ American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to assist stall Russia's combat gains in the war, according to the United States. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Wednesday that the U.S. and several other Western embassies in Kyiv will remain closed following a warning of a significant Russian aircraft strike on the Ukrainian capital.Read More |
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Germany suspects sabotage following the second Baltic Sea cable cut. |
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Damage of two underwater fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea—one between Lithuania and Sweden and the other between Finland and Germany—should be considered sabotage, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.Read More |
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At least 126 people have died or gone missing as a result of massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines |
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Manila, Philippines—The number of dead and missing in the Philippines from catastrophic flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami has risen to over 130, and the president said Saturday that many places remained isolated, with people in need of rescue.Read More |
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US approves $2 billion arms deal with Taiwan, which includes advanced missile defense. |
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The United States has authorized a nearly $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which includes two radar upgrade packages and, for the first time, an advanced surface-to-air missile system tested in Ukraine.Read More |
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A helicopter carrying medical workers crashed in Central Russia, killing all four people on board. |
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MOSCOW—On Saturday, a Mi-2 helicopter crashed in Russia's central Kirov area, killing all four persons on board, according to emergency services.Read More |
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Israel hits military targets in Iran. |
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Israel claims air strikes on Iranian military sites on Saturday morning ended its retribution for Iran's ballistic missile assaults on April 13 and October 1.Read More |
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Ukraine reports fierce fighting in Toretsk as Russia escalates pressure. |
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Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian army attacks within the crucial city of Toretsk, Kyiv's military said late Wednesday, as Russia continued its grinding push in Ukraine's east.Read More |
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A pilot died aboard Turkish Airlines flight, forcing an emergency landing in New York. |
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NEW YORK—A Turkish Airlines plane flying from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing in New York on Wednesday after the captain died on board, according to an airline official.Read More |
