Global security
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More than 17,000 people – mostly women and children – have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Intense urban fighting raged in and around the Gaza Strip’s largest cities on Friday, as the death toll continues to rise. After the first phase of its ground offensive in northern Gaza, Israel’s army extended operations southwards…
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The Chinese regime poses “the biggest challenge” to global security and prosperity, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. Speaking on the last day of the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Japan, Sunak said: “China poses the biggest challenge of our age to global security and prosperity. They are increasingly authoritarian at home and…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has approved the plan to launch the country’s first military spy satellite and vowed to exercise just right to self-defense to defend his country, the state-run media said on Wednesday. Kim on Tuesday met with the non-permanent Satellite Launch Preparatory Committee for launching the military first reconnaissance satellite and inspected…
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1. Lysychansk prepares for battle Soldiers in Lysychansk, eastern Ukraine, are digging in Saturday, amid heavy shelling. The city is bracing itself for possible street fighting as Russian forces clash with Ukrainian troops in Sievierodonetsk, which lies directly opposite across the Donets River. Ukrainian forces were seen by AFP journalists digging trenches to serve as firing…
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North Korea has announced that it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing in place since 2017 and attracting international condemnation. North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un directly guided the test of the Hwasong-17, a “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile…
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A leading U.S. military commander has said that China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, equipping them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems and fighter jets, while threatening all nations in the area. Admiral John C. Aquilino, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, said China’s actions contrasted…
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Russia on Friday dismissed as inflammatory a media report suggesting Moscow might be weighing an attack on Ukraine and accused the United States of making a series of aggressive moves in the Black Sea. Washington has raised concerns about a potential Russian attack on Ukraine with its European Union allies, the Bloomberg news agency reported…
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