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Categories Asia & Pacific

Photos: North Korea’s New Missiles Can Evade Air Defense Systems, US Report Warns

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A new report by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) has called attention to a trio of missiles recently developed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which it says are designed to evade air defense networks and deliver a tactical strike. … Read More >Photos: North Korea’s New Missiles Can Evade Air Defense Systems, US Report Warns

Categories USA

Pompeo, Raab Agree to Cooperate on Trusted 5G Solutions, US State Dept. Says

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have agreed to collaborate on advancing the development of additional trusted 5G solutions, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a readout of the two officials’ telephone conversation. … Read More >Pompeo, Raab Agree to Cooperate on Trusted 5G Solutions, US State Dept. Says

Categories Latin America

‘Inexcusable Act of Provocation’: Caracas Denounces US Navy Destroyer Steaming in Venezuelan Waters

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The Venezuelan government has denounced a “freedom of navigation operation” performed by the US Navy on Thursday, calling the violation of Venezuelan waters by a US warship ostensibly defending the freedom of the seas “erratic and childish.” … Read More >‘Inexcusable Act of Provocation’: Caracas Denounces US Navy Destroyer Steaming in Venezuelan Waters

Categories Op-ed

Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

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The Bolsonaro government has no interest in shielding Brazilian Indians from COVID-19, on the contrary, it has long sought to open indigenous lands for mining and agribusiness, considering native peoples to be only a stumbling block, notes indigenous leader Weibe Tapeba and Brazilian scholar Gustavo Guerreiro. … Read More >Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

Categories Middle East

Powerful Explosions Rock Ammo Dump of US-Backed Militia in Northeast Syria, Report Says

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The oil-rich eastern Syrian provinces of al-Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor have been rife with tensions in recent months amid competing claims for control by the Damascus government, the US-allied majority Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey-backed militants, and remnants of the Daesh (ISIS)* terrorist group. … Read More >Powerful Explosions Rock Ammo Dump of US-Backed Militia in Northeast Syria, Report Says

Categories Op-ed

US Military ‘Occupation’ of Okinawa is ‘Huge Backdoor’ for COVID-19 Amid Island’s Tight Controls

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“By all rights, it should have been granted its own independence after the end of World War II, but instead it was kept as a US forward base because of its geostrategic importance, and since then, it’s hosted about half of the 55,000 troops that the US has stationed in Japan. … Read More >US Military ‘Occupation’ of Okinawa is ‘Huge Backdoor’ for COVID-19 Amid Island’s Tight Controls

Categories Middle East

Israeli Pilot Reportedly Grounded After Terrorising Residents by Making Sonic Booms With His F-35

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Israel was one of the first countries to procure the Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth-generation fighter plane from the US, receiving its first nine planes in late 2017, and reporting their use in combat in Syria in May 2018. Israel plans to buy at least 50 F-35s in total. … Read More >Israeli Pilot Reportedly Grounded After Terrorising Residents by Making Sonic Booms With His F-35