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The Boston Globe |
Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas” of the Gaza Strip, the defense minister said Wednesday.
U.S. News & World Report |
Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly ...
Reuters |
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of the military operation in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to the security zones of Is...
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Poland wants to spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence in 2026, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Thursday after a European Union defence ministers meeting in Warsaw. Galvanised by Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine three years ago,
Scotland's Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said she was "concerned" the new levies would have a "negative impact" on the Scottish economy. She said the Scottish government did not believe Trump's "unilateral measures" were the answer to economic questions.
Dutch companies supplying the US Embassy in the Netherlands have been asked to drop their diversity, equity and inclusion goals, echoing moves seen in other European countries, including France.
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The search for the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean has been suspended due to poor weather conditions and will only resume at the end of the year, Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook said on Thursday.
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NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russia,
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Kyiv Independent on MSN'Difficult, but not critical' — Ukraine's economy minister reacts to Trump's tariffsUkraine's exports to the U.S. in 2024 amounted to $874 million, including $363 million in cast iron and $112 million in pipes, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said.
U.S. President Donald Trump will buckle under pressure from Germany and Europe in an escalating trade war, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday.