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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday he supported Iraq’s “sovereignty and stability” during a visit to Baghdad, where he also met with Spanish troops.“My country, always at the request of the Iraqi authorities, will support the unity, sovereignty and stability of Iraq,” said Sanchez during a press conference …

NEW DELHI — Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting Indian-administered Kashmir where the deaths of three civilians allegedly in army custody have sparked fresh tensions. The men were detained for questioning last week, after four soldiers were killed in a suspected militant attack. Police launched an inquiry into the men’s …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for stepped-up efforts to prepare for war, saying the United States is engaged in “unprecedented” acts of confrontation against the country, state media reported Thursday. In the second-day session of the plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Wednesday, Kim also presented …

BEIRUT — Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the Israel Defense Forces would intervene if the world and the Lebanese government did not stop militants from firing on northern Israel. Time for …

News By Reuters Published Dec. 28, 2023, 1:15 am ET North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the US, state media said on Thursday. Speaking on …

The Pakistani army conducted a successful flight test of the locally developed Fatah-II missile system, which is equipped with advanced navigation systems.Public Relations and Media Management of the Pakistani Army said in a statement that this system is capable of hitting targets with high accuracy at a distance of up …

SEOUL, South Korea — In the age of open-source intelligence, one main way for Western experts to keep tabs on China’s military is by analyzing photos of new People’s Liberation Army equipment posted online by amateur enthusiasts. Posting photos of military ships or aircraft captured from outside PLA installations or …

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Prague university shooter David Kozak had confessed in a letter to killing a two-month-old baby and her 32-year-old father in a national forest …

People clean up their home after flooding in the Ban Yakang area of Mueang district in Narathiwat. Floods in southern Thailand have killed at least six people and affected tens of thousands of households, authorities said on Wednesday. The floods, which began on December 22, have hit more than 70,000 …

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has spoken out for the first time since his sudden disappearance several weeks ago, after his team said they eventually located him at a penal colony in Siberia Monday. Navalny, a staunch Kremlin critic, shared a message via his aides on social media …