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Sea
Australia Unveils Initial $2.8B for New Nuclear Subs Facility
Australia unveiled $2.8 billion in spending on Sunday as a "down payment" on a new facility to build nuclear submarines under the tripartite AUKUS security pact with Britain and the United States.
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Europe
Europe Calls for US Reset at Security Talks
European leaders called Friday for a reset in relations with the United States as they met at a top security conference where US President Donald Trump's potshots at traditional transatlantic ties loomed large.
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War
Russia, Ukraine to Hold Talks in Geneva on February 17-18
Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks on February 17-18 in Geneva, both countries said Friday, announcing the next leg in fraught negotiations seeking to end the four-year war.
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Africa
DR Congo Offers Step Towards Truce, M23 Condemns ‘Manipulation’
The DR Congo government said Friday it had accepted "the principle" of a ceasefire but its foes in the eastern conflict, the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, condemned "attempts at manipulation."
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Terrorism
NZealand Mosque Killer Appeal Causing ‘Distress’ to Victims: Lawyer
Appeal hearings for a white supremacist who shot dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 caused "immense distress" to his victims, a lawyer representing the state said Friday as proceedings wrapped up.
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Sea
Three Dead in Latest US Strike on Alleged Drug Boat: Military
The US military said Friday it killed three alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the Caribbean, bringing the death toll in Washington's anti-narcotics campaign to at least 133.
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Arms
Trump Hails US ‘Discombobulator’ as He Meets Maduro Op Troops
President Donald Trump boasted Friday about a secret US "discombobulator" weapon that can block Russian and Chinese defense systems, as he met the elite troops who captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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Europe
Swedish Fighter Jets to Patrol Greenland Under NATO Mission
Sweden said Thursday it would send fighter jets to patrol Greenland as part of a newly launched NATO mission in the Arctic aimed at placating US President Donald Trump.
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Terrorism
30 Christians Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria: Clerics
Gunmen kidnapped around 30 people from two Christian communities in northwestern Nigeria, the latest in a recent spate of abductions, two clerics said Thursday.
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Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
North Korea Warns of ‘Terrible Response’ if South Sends More Drones
North Korea threatened on Friday a "terrible response" if it detects any more drones buzzing across the border from the South.
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