SETERMOEN, Norway — NATO artillery units operating in the freezing Arctic are learning how to use drones to help with targeting, drawing on lessons from one of the biggest technological developments to emerge out…
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Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly 2024 Moscow concert hall attack
MOSCOW — A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage at a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.
A faction of the…
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Oman, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey push for US-Iran ceasefire
Senior officials from Oman, Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey are holding behind-the-scenes talks with senior Iranian officials in an attempt to initiate dialogue with the Trump administration toward a deal, or even a ceasefire, a source familiar with…
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Iran won’t surrender “in a million years,” analyst says, warning regime could push for nuclear weapons
The U.S. and Israel underestimated Iran’s capabilities and it’s unlikely the regime will collapse, according to a Middle East analyst, who warned that Iran could now be more determined to obtain nuclear weapons.
In an interview with CBS…
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Chinese national arrested over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants from Kenya
The suspect had packed some ants in test tubes while others were concealed in tissue paper rolls, prosecutor says.
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China approves ‘ethnic unity’ law requiring minorities to learn Mandarin
“The law makes it clearer than ever that in Xi Jinping’s PRC non-Han peoples must do more to integrate themselves with the Han majority, and above all else be loyal to Beijing,” Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government at Cornell…
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Oil Tankers Attacked Off Iraq as Middle East Crisis Worsens
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Two oil tankers were hit in Iraqi waters, the latest in a string of attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf that are raising risks to global energy supply from the deepening Middle East war.
The strikes on the…
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