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Middle East
Two Armed Drones Downed Near Turkish Base in Iraq: Mayor
Two bomb-laden drones targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq were shot down, a local mayor said.
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Europe
Russian Air Strike on Syria Kills Seven: Monitor
A Russian air strike killed seven people, four of them children, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib region, a war monitor said.
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Asia Pacific
Japan Defense Report Sounds Alarm on Russia, Threats to Taiwan
Japan's defense ministry said it was alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and had growing worries about Taiwan in an annual report.
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Europe
Ukraine War Must End to Prevent Nuclear ‘Abyss’: Lukashenko
Belarus President said that Russia, Ukraine, and the West must all agree to halt the conflict in Ukraine to avoid the "abyss of nuclear war.
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Europe
US to Send Four More HIMARS to Ukraine
The US promised to send more precision rocket systems to Kyiv after Moscow signaled it will seize more Ukrainian territory beyond Donbas.
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Europe
Turkey Says It ‘Never Asks Permission’ for Syria Campaigns
Turkey warned that it did not need anyone's permission to conduct a new military offensive against suspected Kurdish militants in Syria.
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Europe
Russia Says Military Aims Expanding in Ukraine, Pummels Kharkiv
Russia said its military aims have expanded beyond Donbas as its forces launched deadly barrages over the east and the south of Ukraine.
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Middle East
Iraq PM Blames Turkey After Kurdistan Shelling Kills 9 Civilians
Nine civilians including children were killed in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region by artillery fire that Baghdad blamed on Turkey.
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Asia Pacific
China Condemns US Warship Passage Through Taiwan Strait
China slammed Washington as "a destroyer of peace" in the Taiwan Strait, following a series of passages by US warships through the waterway.
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