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U.S. military acknowledges Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down 2 MQ-9 Reaper drones

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down two American MQ-9 Reaper drones in under a week, the United States military acknowledged Wednesday, further highlighting the regional spread of the Israel-Hamas…

Several dead, 2,750 wounded in Lebanon after pagers explode, local officials say

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Lebanon’s information minister, Ziad Makary, said the government condemned the detonation of the pagers as an “Israeli aggression.” Hezbollah also blamed Israel for the pager blasts and said it would receive…

Putin orders Russia to boost number of active troops in army to total 1.5 million

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen, in a move…

Congo court sentences Canadian, 36 others to death over coup charges

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A military court in Congo handed down death sentences on Friday to 37 people, including a Canadian, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt….

NATO military committee chair, others back Ukraine's use of long range weapons to hit Russia

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the head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage – reflecting…

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after her partner set her on fire, gets a military funeral

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Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a…

Dozens killed and injured in Israeli attack on Gaza tent camp, Gaza agency says

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Israeli missiles set on fire a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding dozens of family, the enclave’s civil crisis provider mentioned on Tuesday, in what the Israeli army referred to as…

Residents of Jenin struggle once again to pick up the pieces after Israeli troops depart

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There is a startled, exposed feel to what’s left of the Ramses barbershop on a major commercial artery in the Palestinian city of Jenin — even though there’s…

3 Israelis killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border crossing, Israeli military says : NPR

Ukraine mourns dead from Russian strike, vows to increase military production – National

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Funeral services were held Saturday for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vowed to increase domestic military…