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Dec- 2024 -16 DecemberEurope
Greece Adopts Budget Almost Doubling Defense Spend
Greece will almost double its defense spending after parliament approved the 2025 state budget Sunday with a roll-call vote.
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16 DecemberAfrica
Eastern DR Congo Peace Talks Fail, Angola Summit Cancelled
A summit between the DR Congo and Rwanda was abruptly cancelled after the latest round of talks to end fighting in the eastern DRC deadlocked.
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15 DecemberMiddle East
Syria Ambush Kills Four in Assad Fiefdom: Monitor
An ambush on Saturday killed at least four fighters from a faction in the rebel alliance that overthrew Syria's president, a war monitor said.
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15 DecemberAfrica
Niger Ministry Says 39 Killed in Attacks Near Burkina Faso
Thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey's defense ministry said Saturday.
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15 DecemberMiddle East
Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill 17 Including Mayor
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on the territory killed 17 people on Saturday, including seven at a UN school housing displaced people that the Israeli military said was used as a Hamas command center.
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15 DecemberAfrica
Nine Dead in Attack on Sudan Hospital: WHO
An attack on the main hospital in the western Sudanese town of El-Fasher has killed nine people and wounded 20, the head of the World Health Organization said, forcing the facility to halt operations.
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15 DecemberMiddle East
West Bank Man Killed in Clashes With Palestinian Security: Medic
Clashes between Palestinian security forces and militants in the occupied West Bank on Saturday killed one man, a medical source told AFP, with Hamas identifying him as a fighter.
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15 DecemberAsia Pacific
Russia Using N. Korean Troops in Bid to Reclaim Kursk: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.
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15 DecemberAmericas
US Starts Relocating Marines From Japan’s Okinawa
The United States has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said Saturday, after decades of mounting grievances among locals over America's military presence.
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14 DecemberAir
UK, Italy, Japan to Develop Next-Generation Fighter Jet
The UK, Italy, and Japan on Friday launched a joint venture to develop a supersonic next-generation fighter jet by 2035, replacing the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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