South Korea says North Korea has again launched suspected trash balloons toward the South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has again launched suspected trash balloons toward the South.
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Business InsiderUS ally says it expects America to intervene if China tries to take a rusting World War II warship in the South China Sea
The grounded Philippine warship Sierra Madre marks Manila's territorial claim near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
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Russia is furious over reports that a commander sent his best drone operators to die as infantrymen because they criticized him
Dmitry "Goodwin" Lysakovsky and Sergei "Ernest" Gritsai recorded a video saying that their commander had sent them to die after they argued with him.
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Covering aircraft with tires the way Russia has can confuse weapons looking for the plane, US military official says
Multiple Russian military aircraft were spotted last year with tires placed on top of them, but the reason behind this tactic wasn't completely clear.
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Newly released satellite images show the bridges Ukrainian strikes destroyed inside Russia
Ukraine has targeted bridges in the Kursk region in what appears to be an attempt to disrupt Russian logistics and supply lines.
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Putin Accused Of 'Shameless Grandstanding' Over Threat Of War With Nato
Foreign secretary David Lammy said the west "won't be bullied" by the Russian president.
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AeroVironment's Switchblade drones are the US Army's latest big bet. See the small but mighty munitions in action.
The US military and other armed forces worldwide have deployed Switchblade drones as precise air support with less risk of collateral damage.
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North Korea may be Russia's most dangerous ally, Ukraine spy chief says
Ukraine's spy chief Kyrylo Budanov said North Korean ammunition has massively boosted Russia.
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Putin orders military to boost troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine fighting continues
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on for more than 2 1/2 years.
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Coronation Street's Antony Cotton shares new role away from the show
Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has shared his "pride" after landing a brand new role away from the cobbles.
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Russian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for fourth time in past week, NORAD says
The North American Aerospace Defense command intercepted Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska four times over the last week in what appears to be an uptick in activity amid tensions between the US and Russia.
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Iran president denies providing hypersonic missiles to Yemen's Houthis
Tehran has not sent hypersonic missiles to Yemen's Houthis, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a televised news conference on Monday, a day after the Iran-backed group said a missile it fired at Israel was a hypersonic one. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would inflict a "heavy price" on the Houthis who control northern Yemen, after they reached central Israel with a missile on Sunday for the first time.
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Ukraine is extending its recruitment training period after reports of new recruits dying too quickly
Currently, new recruits have to undergo a three-month training, but reports show that soldiers in Ukraine are ill-trained to fight on the front lines.
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Ukraine suffering high losses due to slow arms supplies, says Zelenskiy
Russia has been gaining ground in parts of eastern Ukraine including around Pokrovsk. Zelenskiy said the situation in the east was "very tough", adding that half of Ukraine's brigades there were not equipped. Zelenskiy said weapons aid packages promised by the United States and European nations were arriving very slowly.
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Poland calls for end to EU benefits for Ukrainian men of fighting age
Poland's foreign minister wants social security benefits for Ukrainian male refugees in the EU to stop, saying it encourages draft dodgers in Ukraine.
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Israeli minister says time running out for diplomatic solution with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday that the window was closing for a diplomatic solution to the standoff with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon. Gallant's remarks came as the White House Special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Israel to discuss the crisis on the northern border where Israeli troops have been exchanging missile fire with Hezbollah forces for months.
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Russia says two more defence officials confess to taking bribes
Two more senior defence officials have admitted taking bribes, investigators said on Monday, in the latest of a wave of corruption cases that has rocked the Russian military. The Investigative Committee, a law enforcement agency that handles serious crimes, said the two men had confessed to accepting bribes worth more than 11 million roubles ($120,000) over three years. It said Ivan Populovsky and Grigory Zorin had accepted the money from two Russian companies contracted to supply the Defence Ministry with electrical products and cable.
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Estonia Tech Chiefs Unite to Build Anti-Drone Systems in Ukraine
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US airs frustration with Israel's military about strikes in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Israel’s military of striking schools, humanitarian workers and civilians in Gaza in a sign of growing American frustration with its close ally as the war approaches its first anniversary.
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Analysis-US strategy for anti-ship weapons to counter China: plentiful, mobile, deadly
The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of American efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific region and gear up U.S. forces there. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed U.S. thinking toward a new philosophy - "affordable mass," as one missile industry CEO put it, speaking on condition of anonymity, referring to having plenty of relatively cheap weapons at the ready. "It's a natural counter to what China has been doing," said Euan Graham, a senior analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think tank, referring to the Chinese arsenal of ships and conventional ballistic missiles including those designed to attack vessels.
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2 people die in Ukraine's Odesa after Moscow and Kyiv exchange drone and missile attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile attacks.