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Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured on an eastern Congo base when a mortar exploded on Wednesday.The South African National Defence Force believes the incident resulted from “indirect fire” and is conducting an investigation.South Africa has deployed soldiers to Congo as part of the Southern African Development…
Liberal Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin has lost an appeal against the decision barring him from the country’s upcoming presidential election.Nadezhdin’s chief campaign slogan focused on halting the conflict in Ukraine.Thousands of Russians expressed support for Nadezhdin through signed petitions.A liberal Russian politician on Thursday lost an appeal contesting the decision…
The head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, warned against creating divisions between the U.S. and Europe on Thursday.European leaders are facing challenges in Ukraine and delays in U.S. support due to infighting in Congress.They say there is a need for increased defense investment, new technologies and better weapons production.The head of…
Two Chinese fishermen drowned off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago during a chase by the Taiwanese Coast Guard.The incident involved a Chinese vessel sailing near Kinmen island that attempted to flee but capsized.Resuscitation efforts for the deceased fishermen failed, according to Taiwan’s Coast Guard.Two Chinese fishermen have drowned while…
NATO announced more members have met the 2% defense spending requirement, but almost half of members have still failed to meet the minimum, as Russia reportedly looks to increase its presence along the alliance’s borders.”In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe will invest a combined total of 380 billion U.S. dollars…
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Burma’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year.The conscription measure was activated on Saturday by order of the chairman of the…
A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted three former police officers of destroying internal files and other evidence in an attempted cover-up after a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in the capital, Seoul, in 2022. They were the first convictions over the deaths.The high death toll was…
An appeals court in Paris has upheld the guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid.Sarkozy was convicted in September 2021 and sentenced to a year of house arrest, allowed to serve it at home with an electronic monitoring bracelet.The…
The United Nations fears that a U.S. decision to return Yemen’s Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups could harm the war-torn country’s economy, particularly commercial imports of essential items, a senior U.N. aid official said on Wednesday.The U.S. move, announced last month, takes effect on Friday and hits…
