The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers (93 to 124 miles) and with a near-perfect success rate in testing.…
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Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary…
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Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing deployed warships and fighter jets in what it described as a “stern warning” to “separatist…
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Hezbollah drone attack injures more than 60 in one of the bloodiest attacks on Israel since October 7
More than 60 people have been injured, several of them critically, in a drone attack in north-central Israel, according to first responders. There were no immediate official reports of deaths from the attack, but the…
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Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country, died in Russian detention last month, Ukrainian authorities said earlier this week. Roshchyna, who was 27, disappeared in August last year…
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Politics
When Biden-Harris abandoned American hostages, they desecrated the power of the blue passport
‘Bring them home.’ Those are the words on a wristband I have now worn for an entire year, a daily reminder of the innocent captives held in the dungeons of Gaza. The reminder is especially…
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A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said. Helen Davey, who lived in northeastern England and ran a beauty salon, died…
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Vice President Harris is rolling out a new agenda that aims to boost financial and career prospects for Black men. The release of the Harris campaign’s ‘Opportunity Agenda for Black Men’ on Monday comes just…
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Biden-Harris admin accused of ‘too little, too late’ to save the people of war-torn, famine-stricken Sudan
JOHANNESBURG – In what is described by some as electioneering and a last-minute attempt to leave a legacy, some observers say President Biden and his administration’s officials are making renewed efforts at trying to end…
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Hezbollah drone attack in Israel kills multiple IDF soldiers, wounds dozens of people: reports
Israeli authorities said four Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed and nearly 60 people were wounded in a drone strike on a military base in Binyamina, Israel, which the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group has…