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Americas
US Strikes Over 70 IS Targets in Syria After Attack on Troops
US forces struck more than 70 Islamic State group targets in Syria on Friday in what President Donald Trump described as "very serious retaliation" for an attack that killed three Americans last weekend.
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Americas
Trump Doesn’t Rule Out War With Venezuela
US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war with Venezuela, as his top diplomat Marco Rubio vowed Friday to enforce a blockade on the country's oil wealth.
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Europe
Moscow Intent on Pressing on in Ukraine: Putin
Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow's recent battlefield gains and threatening more.
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Americas
Seven Colombian Soldiers Killed in Guerrilla Attack: Army
Colombia's ELN guerrilla group attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing seven soldiers and wounding 30, the army said Friday.
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Europe
Kyiv Says Struck Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker in Mediterranean With Drones
Ukraine said Friday it had hit a Russian "shadow fleet" tanker with aerial drones in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, its first strike there in the nearly four-year war.
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Europe
EU Agrees 90-Billion Euro Loan for Ukraine, Without Russian Assets
EU leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a loan of 90 billion euros to plug its looming budget shortfalls — but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.
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Americas
Brazil, Mexico Seek to Defuse US-Venezuela Crisis
The leaders of Brazil and Mexico on Thursday offered to step in to try and avert the risk of war between the United States and Venezuela.
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Europe
Russian Nuclear-Capable Missile Oreshnik Deployed in Belarus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that a newly developed Russian hypersonic, nuclear-capable missile known as the "Oreshnik" had been deployed in Belarus.
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Europe
Spain to Buy 100 Military Helicopters From Airbus
Spain's defense ministry has ordered 100 helicopters from Airbus destined for deployment in various parts of its armed forces, the European aeronautics company said Thursday.
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Middle East
Israel Launches Series of Strikes on Lebanon
Israel launched several strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, including a military compound.
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