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NATO jets shoot down a drone that entered Latvia's airspace
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that crossed into Latvia near its border with Russia and Belarus on Friday.
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Russia strikes Ukraine's Izmail port, damaging grain export terminals
Russia struck Izmail, Ukraine's main port on the Danube River, overnight, damaging grain export terminals and starting fires.
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Taiwan Says AI-Powered Hacking Campaign Hit Its Government Systems
Taiwan says a hacking campaign linked to a foreign government hit its computer systems last month, and that the attackers used artificial intelligence tools to carry it out.
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482 companies help Russia's biggest weapons maker dodge EU sanctions
Rostec, the Russian state company that builds most of Russia's weapons, has been under European Union sanctions since 2022.
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Iran Says It Will Only Reopen Hormuz Strait If US Lifts Sanctions, Trump Says No
Iran has said it will only reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage that much of the world's oil ships through, if the United States lifts its economic sanctions on Iran.
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Putin threatens to seize EU ships after Ukraine hits key Russian port
Russia's President Vladimir Putin threatened to seize ships flying European Union flags anywhere from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
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NATO condemns airspace violations after Germany calls them a deliberate test
NATO issued a joint statement condemning recent airspace violations and other hybrid incidents.
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Colombia earthquake death toll jumps to more than 240
The death toll from Monday's earthquake in western Colombia has climbed past 240, up sharply from 180 a day earlier.
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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent Peace Plan to US as Russia Eyes Winter Pressure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has formally sent Washington a proposal to end the war with Russia.
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Colombia earthquake kills at least 180 people, rescuers dig for survivors
An earthquake in Colombia has killed at least 180 people, and rescue teams are searching collapsed buildings for survivors still trapped in the rubble.
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Trump administration appeals order to refund all tariff payments
A U.S. trade court ruled that the government must refund tariffs to every company that paid them, not just the business that brought the case. The Trump administration is now appealing to stop those refunds while it fights over whether the tariffs were legal in the first place. Because the U.S. has used tariffs as pressure in trade talks with other countries, the outcome could affect that leverage too. It is still unclear whether the appeal will pause the refunds, or whether the case will reach the Supreme Court.
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Rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
Two US human rights groups, DAWN and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide, are suing the Trump administration over sanctions it placed on the International Criminal Court, the world's top war-crimes tribunal.