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Sea
Australia Monitors ‘Unusual’ Presence of Chinese Warships
Australia was Thursday monitoring the "unusual" presence of three Chinese warships sailing off its eastern coast, the defense minister said.
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Air
Trump Considering ‘Alternatives’ to Boeing for Air Force One Contract
Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was "looking at alternatives" to Boeing following delays in delivering two new models of the US presidential Air Force One plane.
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Americas
Ecuador Says Will Ask Allied Countries for Special Forces to Fight Drug Gangs
Ecuador said Wednesday it will ask "allied countries" to send special forces to aid its war against drug gangs blamed for plunging the once-peaceful South American nation into violence.
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Americas
Trump Administration Takes Aim At Pentagon Spending
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of the department's 2026 budget so as to reallocate $50 billion in funds, the Pentagon said Wednesday, following reports that he had directed deep, multi-year cuts to military spending.
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War
Hamas Set to Hand Over Israel Bodies of Four Gaza Hostages
Hamas is due to hand over the bodies of four hostages Thursday, including those of the Bibas family, who have become symbols of the hostage crisis that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war broke out.
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Sea
Australia Says Foreign Spies Target Nuclear Subs Program
Foreign spies are targeting Australia's nuclear-powered submarine program and plotting to harm or kill opponents living in the country, the nation's intelligence chief warned Wednesday.
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Europe
Zelensky Says Trump has Succumbed to Russian ‘Disinformation’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Donald Trump was living in a Russian "disinformation" bubble.
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Africa
UK Summons Rwandan Envoy Over M23 Advance in DR Congo
Britain's foreign ministry said it had summoned Rwanda's envoy to the UK to condemn advances made by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in the eastern DR Congo.
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Europe
Russia Praises Trump for Criticizing Ukraine-NATO Moves
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised US President Donald Trump for blaming the Ukraine conflict on moves to admit Kyiv into the NATO military alliance.
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Europe
‘Massive’ Russian Attack Causes Outages in Ukraine’s Odesa: Mayor
A "massive" Russian attack on the southwestern Ukrainian port city of Odesa left a large residential area without heat or electricity.
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