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Ukraine: More than 100 combat clashes along front line in past day
Date: 2023-10-21 06:30:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10402617
KIEV, Oct 21 (MENA) - More than 100 combat clashes have been recorded across the front line in the past 24 hours. In total, Russian forces launched nine missile attacks and 39 airstrikes, carried out 50 attacks using multiple launch rocket ....
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US Navy destroyer in Red Sea shoots down cruise missiles potentially headed toward Israel: Pentagon
Date: 2023-10-20 21:11:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:10402475
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) – The USS Carney, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed ....
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Biden ‘overjoyed’ after Hamas frees 2 US hostages
Date: 2023-10-20 20:54:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:10402465
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said Friday he was "overjoyed" after Hamas released two American hostages abducted during the militant group's surprise attack from Gaza on Israel. "Today, we have secured the release of two ....
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S. Korea, US defense chiefs discuss deterrence against N.K. threats in phone talks
Date: 2023-10-20 09:01:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:31 - ID:10401324
SEOUL, Oct 20 (MENA) - South Korea's new defense minister held phone talks with his US counterpart for the first time Friday to discuss the allies' efforts to deter North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, Yonhap quoted Seoul's defense ministry as ....
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N. Korea warns US strategic assets will be '1st targets of destruction'
Date: 2023-10-20 08:49:04 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:29 - ID:10401262
SEOUL, Oct 20 (MENA) - North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a US B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that US strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the "first targets of destruction," Yonhap news agency reported. ....
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25,800 Ukrainians cross border into Poland over past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-10-20 08:10:52 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:10401220
WARSAW, Oct 20 (MENA) - About 25,800 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Friday. Meanwhile, nearly 22,900 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Thursday. More than 16.45 ....
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S. Korea, Britain hold joint high-tech military train
Date: 2023-10-20 07:36:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:10401175
SEOUL, Oct 20 (MENA) - South Korea and Britain staged combined high-tech military drills this month, Seoul's Army said Friday, amid efforts to bolster military cooperation between the two nations, Yonhap reported. The 11-day drills began last ....
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Russia’s battlegroup South destroys tank, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk area
Date: 2023-10-20 07:20:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:10401149
MOSCOW, Oct 20 (MENA) - Russia’s southern battlegroup has destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and an enemy tank in the Donetsk area, the group's spokesman Vadim Astafiev told TASS. "In the Donetsk area, Russia’s battlegroup South repulsed an ....
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90 combat clashes between Ukraine, Russia along frontline
Date: 2023-10-20 07:17:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10401117
KIEV, Oct 20 (MENA) – Over the past 24 hours, 90 combat engagements were reported on Ukraine’s battlefields, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces as saying. "Ukraine’s Defense Forces remain on the defensive in the east and ....
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US been hunting Russians in other countries for 15 years — Russian embassy
Date: 2023-10-20 07:05:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:10401084
MOSCOW, Oct 20 (MENA) – The US has been conducting a real 'hunt' for Russian citizens in other countries for 15 years, the Russian Embassy in Washington said in a statement quoted by TASS. "It is noteworthy that myths about the risks of staying ....