Global military spending reached a new peak in 2024, totaling just over $2.7 trillion (€2.38 trillion). That was 9.4% more than in 2023. Military spending has been rising steadily worldwide over the past ten years. But 2024 saw the most rapid…
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New record in global military spending – DW – 04/28/2025
Global military spending reached a new peak in 2024, totaling just over $2.7 trillion (€2.38 trillion), 9.4% more than in 2023. Military spending has been rising steadily worldwide over the past 10 years, but 2024 saw the most rapid rise…
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Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks : NPR
People stand near the razed house of Kashmiri militant Ahsan Ul Haq Sheikh’s family house in Murran area of Pulwama…
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Pope Francis’ tomb opens to the public in St. Mary Major Basilica
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and…
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Israeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb despite ceasefire with Hezbollah | Israel
Israel conducted an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood of Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday afternoon despite a November ceasefire that officially ended fighting with the militant group Hezbollah.
Videos showed three bombs…
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BBC reporter witnesses junta violating a ceasefire
Quentin SommervilleBBC News
BBC/Lee DurantThe husband of Mala, 31, pictured here with her four-year-old son, was killed in a military artillery strike during the ceasefire Days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar at the end of March,…
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