57 h. ago US military kills six people in strikes on alleged drug boats, says Hegseth

Six people were killed in two new strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, November 10.

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1 week ago Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city

Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two childrenUkraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US kills another four suspected drug traffickers in the Pacific as Hegseth vows to ‘hunt them down and eliminate them’

In total, more than 60 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s attacks on what it claims are ‘narco’ boats

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say

Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children

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2 w. ago Israel strikes Gaza after Netanyahu accuses Hamas of breaching ceasefire

Prime minister accuses Hamas of ‘clear violation’ of truce as far-right ministers clamour to resume warIsraeli warplanes struck Gaza on Tuesday night, shortly after Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the military to carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, in the most serious test of the increasingly shaky US-brokered ceasefire.Witnesses reported seeing Israeli planes launch strikes on Gaza City, as well as explosions across the strip shortly after Netanyahu’s announcement. At least seven people were killed in separate strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis, including two children, medical sources said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US kills 14 as it strikes four ‘drug boats’ in the Pacific in latest attack, Pete Hegseth says

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

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2 w. ago US kills 14 as it strikes three ‘drug boats’ in the Pacific in latest attack, Pete Hegseth says

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

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2 w. ago Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 4 people and wound 16

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine have killed at least four people and wounded 16 others, according to local officials

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2 w. ago More than 30 people killed by US strikes on ‘narco’ boats, as Trump launches first attacks in Pacific waters

At least 37 people have now been killed in war-like campaign despite mounting questions about legal justification and evidence

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3 w. ago Trump administration: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ‘narco-terrorists’ have ‘no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere’

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3 w. ago Trump says deadly strikes on suspected ‘narco boats’ are justified since 300,000 Americans were killed by drugs. He’s not even close

Critics have pointed out that Trump’s math on the number of drug deaths in the U.S. doesn’t add up

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

At least 34 people have died in the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats

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3 w. ago More than 30 people killed by US strikes on ‘narco’ boats as Trump launches first attack in Pacific waters

At least 34 killed in war-like campaign over mounting questions about legal justification and evidence

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3 w. ago Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack

Explosions heard across Ukrainian capital after ballistic missile strikes, with further blasts reported in other regionsRussian drones and missiles have pounded the Ukrainian capital and other cities, killing six people in the Kyiv region, including a six-month-old baby, a 12 -year-old girl and a woman, and damaging key energy facilities and several high-rise residential buildings.The attacks lasted most of Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning as Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic missiles. A series of loud explosions could be heard across the city. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea

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3 w. ago ‘I wanted to do something more meaningful’: the Chinese nationals fighting for Ukraine

Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partnerIn a war that has been characterised by merciless attacks on civilians, one of the worst took place on 8 July 2024. Russia missile strikes killed at least 43 people in cities across Ukraine in one of the deadliest days of the war last year. One of the most shocking blows was to the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in central Kyiv, which reduced the country’s largest paediatric clinic to rubble.Tim, 43, was delivering aid on the outskirts of Kyiv when he heard a missile fly overhead. A short while later, he saw the news on his phone that the children’s hospital had been hit. Along with a British friend, the Chinese national, who asked to be referred to by just his English name, rushed to the scene to help with the recovery efforts. “Seeing the severed limbs, some of them belonging to children, I started crying,” the father-of-two said, tears in his eyes...

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3 w. ago ‘I was doing nothing at home’: the Chinese nationals fighting for Ukraine

Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partnerIn a war that has been characterised by merciless attacks on civilians, one of the worst took place on 8 July 2024. Russia missile strikes killed at least 43 people in cities across Ukraine in one of the deadliest days of the war last year. One of the most shocking blows was to the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in central Kyiv, which reduced the country’s largest paediatric clinic to rubble.Tim, 43, was delivering aid on the outskirts of Kyiv when he heard a missile fly overhead. A short while later, he saw the news on his phone that the children’s hospital had been hit. Along with a British friend, the Chinese national, who asked to be referred to by just his English name, rushed to the scene to help with the recovery efforts. “Seeing the severed limbs, some of them belonging to children, I started crying,” the father-of-two said, tears in his eyes...

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3 w. ago Two Israeli soldiers and a reported 44 Palestinians dead as ceasefire threatens to collapse: Netanyahu orders 'wave of strikes' on Gaza and stops aid after Hamas attacks

The BBC said Gaza hospitals sources claimed 44 people were killed in the Israeli air strikes on Sunday. However, Israel said it would resume its enforcement of the ceasefire.

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3 w. ago ‘Trump is killing poor people’: relatives mourn man killed in US military strike in Caribbean

Relatives of Trinidadian man believed killed in US military strike on alleged drug boat say he was denied due processRelatives of two men from Trinidad believed to have been killed in a US military strike on boat in the Caribbean have accused Donald Trump of “killing poor people” without due process and are demanding justice.Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, from the fishing village of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad, are thought to be among six people killed in a US airstrike on a boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US strikes another suspected drug boat boat in Caribbean, this time leaving survivors: reports

At least 27 people have been killed in U.S. strikes against alleged trafficking boats so far

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