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UKMTO gets reports of dhow departing Somali port with 11 armed people on board
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Saturday it had received a report from the Maritime Security…
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Italian navy ship shoots down drone in Red Sea
An Italian navy ship shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea on Saturday, the defense ministry said. A…
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Four killed by Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa
Four people including a three-year-old child were killed and eight others wounded when a Russian drone hit an apartment block…
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Zelenskyy calls for more Western air defense systems ‘to save lives’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday urged the West to deliver more air defense systems after five people were killed…
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Key facts about Iran’s parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections on Friday
Iranians will vote in a parliamentary election on March 1 seen as a litmus test of the clerical establishment’s popularity amid growing…
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Russian court rejects appeal by US citizen detained on treason charge
A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a Russian-American woman against her detention on a treason charge. The…
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Russia’s Putin warns of nuclear war risk if NATO troops are sent to Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight…
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Russia says ‘destroyed’ Ukrainian commando landing in southern Ukraine
Russia said Thursday it had defeated an attempted landing by Ukrainian special forces on the Tendra Spit sandbar in the…
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Failed execution attempt: Idaho halts prisoner’s killing after failing to find vein
Idaho botched its attempt to execute a 73-year-old prisoner on Wednesday, abandoning the lethal injection and sending the convicted murderer…
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Iran’s Pars 1 satellite enters space after launch by Russia
Russia launched into space an Iranian research satellite which will scan Iran’s topography from an orbit of 500 km (310 miles),…
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