
French navy carrier patrols Gulf of Guinea
On Board The Mistral, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 18, 2023 - The fishing boats look like tiny ants next to the sprawling French warship on patrol in the Gulf of Guinea.
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On Board The Mistral, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 18, 2023 - The fishing boats look like tiny ants next to the sprawling French warship on patrol in the Gulf of Guinea.
Oct 18, 2023

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 18, 2023 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine's armed forces had used US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles for the first time.
Oct 18, 2023

Tel Aviv (AFP) Oct 18, 2023 - The Israeli army said Wednesday it had evidence that militants were responsible for the blast that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, saying a review proved others were at fault.
Oct 18, 2023

Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - The US military on Tuesday ordered 2,000 personnel to prepare for deployment to the Middle East as a show of force as Israel's war on Hamas intensifies.
Oct 17, 2023

Herndon VA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 - BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a competitive U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory AFWERX Direct to Phase 2 contract, funded by the Space Development Agency, to build an automated target rec
Oct 17, 2023

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023 - A drone strike Tuesday killed four people that Israeli military officials said were attempting to blow up a gate along the border with Lebanon in the small town of Metula.
Oct 17, 2023

Beit Kama, Israel (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - An earring pokes out from under the helmet of Israeli army reservist Amir, a self-professed leftist who is pro-peace but finds himself looking through his rifle scope at buildings inside Gaza.
Oct 17, 2023

Shanghai (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative has been criticised for saddling poor countries with enormous debt and causing environmental harm, while proponents hail it for bringing resources and economic growth to the Global South.
Oct 17, 2023

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023 - North Korea appears to be supplying arms to Hamas and may be working with the militant faction on training and tactics that could potentially be used in a surprise attack on South Korea, a senior official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
Oct 17, 2023

Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - China's landmark Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has thousands of infrastructure projects in every corner of the globe, generating a staggering $2 trillion in contracts while courting international controversy.
Oct 17, 2023

Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday to meet his dear friend Xi Jinping and bolster their relationship at a summit overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war.
Oct 17, 2023

Moscow (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to revoke Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, moving closer to abandoning a landmark agreement that outlaws the testing of nuclear weapons.
Oct 17, 2023

Vienna (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has called on the international community to make every effort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and becoming a failure like North Korea.
Oct 17, 2023

Seongnam, South Korea (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - A nuclear-weapons-capable B-52 bomber landed in South Korea on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported, in the latest show of US support for longtime ally Seoul in the face of North Korean military threats.
Oct 17, 2023

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023 - A U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber landed on the Korean Peninsula for the first time ever Tuesday after conducting a flyover at a Seoul defense expo and participating in a joint exercise with South Korean fighter jets.
Oct 17, 2023

Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2023 - Ten years after toasting a budding friendship with vodka and cake, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet again in Beijing on Wednesday seeking to further deepen the no-limits partnership between their two countries.
Oct 17, 2023