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Asia Pacific
US Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait Days After China Drills
A US warship sailed through the waters separating Taiwan and mainland China, the US Navy said, days after Beijing staged war games around the self-ruled island.
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Europe
Canada Delivers Eight Battle Tanks Promised to Ukraine
Eight Leopard 2 tanks that Canada promised to Ukraine have arrived in neighboring Poland, Defense Minister Anita Anand said Friday.
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Africa
More Than 50 Civilians Killed as Fighting Rages in Sudan
Fierce fighting raged in Sudan's capital despite a pause to help those caught up in the violence that left three UN staff among more than 50 civilians killed nationwide.
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Air
China Would Gain Swift Air Superiority Over Taiwan, US Leaks Show
China would probably gain air superiority quickly in an attack on Taiwan, something Russia failed to do in Ukraine, leaked US intelligence documents show.
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Europe
Russian Strike Kills 11 in Eastern Ukraine, Moscow Claims Gains Near Bakhmut
The death toll from a Russian strike on a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk climbed to 11 as Moscow claimed advances near Bakhmut.
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Middle East
Two Killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in Drone Strikes Blamed on Turkey
At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, officials said, blaming a drone strike carried out by neighboring Turkey.
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Middle East
Syria Attacks Blamed on IS Kill at Least 41
Suspected Islamic State fighters killed at least 36 truffle hunters and five shepherds in Syria, a monitor said.
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Europe
Finland Completes First NATO Exercise as Alliance Member
Finland has completed its first NATO exercise as an alliance member, as German and Portuguese ships symbolically made port in Helsinki.
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Europe
Germany Approves Polish Fighter Jet Delivery to Ukraine
Germany approved a request from Poland for the re-export of five Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, one of Kyiv's key requests to help repel Russia's forces.
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Americas
US Airman Arrested Over Pentagon Documents Leak
FBI agents arrested a 21-year-old national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war.
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