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US to adopt more ‘competitive’ nuclear weapons strategy after China and Russia spurn US efforts to discuss arms control

A senior White House official is expected to say the US will need a different approach to nuclear issues after outreach to Moscow and China has fallen short.

France to transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine, Macron announces

Speaking to French TV after the end of the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in Normandy, the French president also said his country would train Ukrainian pilots.

D-Day invasion veteran calls Ukraine's Zelenskyy a 'savior of the people' at an 80th anniversary event in Normandy

A video captured the moving moment between the veteran and the Ukrainian president at the D-Day 80th anniversary event in Normandy.

Polish soldier dies after clash with migrants on Belarus border

As Poles prepare to vote in the EU election on June 9, the soldier’s death could provide a boost to anti-immigrant parties.

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing ‘friendly relations

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As world urges Hamas to accept latest Gaza proposal, group signals likely rejection

U.S. President Joe Biden has delivered another broadside to Beijing on its most sensitive issue, saying he was “not ruling out using U.S. military force” in response to a potential Chinese invasion of democratic Taiwan.

The U.S. president, in an interview with Time magazine, delivered another broadside to Beijing on its most sensitive issue.

Russian warships headed to Caribbean for drills as tensions rise over Ukraine, US officials say

Senior Biden administration officials say the U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks

Houthis attack Israel with new missile called the Palestine

Yemeni militant group unveils solid-fuel weapon believed to be hypersonic by targeting port city of Eilat

Putin threatens deployment of missiles to strike British and Western targets

New rule allowing Ukraine to fire Nato weapons into Russia leaves president angry, as he also refuses to rule out nuclear strikes

Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall

A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.

Hamas said to have rejected Biden's ceasefire proposal

US soldier goes on trial in Russia for threatening to kill girlfriend

IDF kills 3 terrorists attemtping to infiltrate Israel from Rafah

Photos of released Ukrainian prisoners of war show emaciated bodies in ‘horrifying’ condition

Hamas kills IDF combat dog in Gaza and rigs its body to kill troops

IDF Oketz Canine Unit soldiers realize Hamas rigged one of the unit's dogs after it did not return from inspecting a suspicious building in Jabaliya in Gaza; Oketz expects to triple within 5 years as female soldiers join following the unit's success

Up to 2 million will be able to request asylum in Spain as the Government accuses Israel of "genocide" in Gaza

‘Close connection between Hamas and Al Jazeera,’ court finds

Tajikistan Set To Outlaw Islamic Hijab After Years Of Unofficial Ban

After nearly two decades of restricting the Islamic hijab in public institutions, Tajikistan is set to legally ban it. A draft bill makes it illegal to wear, import, sell, or advertise “clothes alien to Tajik culture,” the term widely used by authorities to describe Islamic clothes.