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Libya oscillates between cooperation and illusion

For the first time, representatives from both sides of Libya's political divide are participating in Flintlock, a multinational military exercise under US leadership. Is this a tentative sign of hope for reunification?

DW News 1 months ago

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France holds national tribute for soldier killed in Lebanon

The Minister for the Armed Forces, Catherine Vautrin, the Chief of Staff of the Army and General Pierre Schill preside over a national tribute ceremony in Montauban to honour the memory of Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio.

Euronews 1 months ago

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Second French peacekeeper dies in Lebanon after ambush blamed on Hezbollah

A second French soldier died on Wednesday from wounds suffered in a weekend ambush against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon blamed on Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron said. A first soldier, staff sergeant Florian Montorio, was shot dead in the...

France 24 1 months ago

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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill Lebanese journalist, wound another

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded a photographer accompanying her, according to a senior Lebanese military official and Khalil's employer, the Al-Akhbar newspaper. The death of...

France 24 1 months ago

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Trump attacks against NATO allies 'painful', says former NATO chief

Former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the hostility US President Trump holds for NATO allies is 'painful' to see. He says Europe needs to move fast to become independent from US security architecture, and, where possible, make a...

Euronews 1 months ago

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Lebanon says Israel targeted journalist killed in airstrike

Amal Khalil was killed when a house she was sheltering in was hit by an Israeli airstrike. Lebanon has accused Israel of targeting media workers as part of an "established approach" — a charge Israel denies.

DW News 1 months ago

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Pentagon removes top Navy official amid military shake-up

US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan has left his post with immediate effect, the Pentagon said Wednesday, without providing an explanation. His departure comes amid a broader clear-out of senior military figures under President Donald Trump, as the...

France 24 1 months ago

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Anthropic’s Mythos rollout has missed America’s cybersecurity agency

Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is reportedly not getting in on the action: the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator. On Tuesday, Axios reported that the...

The Verge 1 months ago

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Mapping the environmental toll of the Middle East war

Oil refineries set ablaze, missiles hitting pesticide factories, an oil slick in the Strait of Hormuz... In under two months, the US and Israel’s war on Iran has inflicted a heavy toll on the environment, fuelling concerns over the public health...

France 24 1 months ago

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Iran's workers face waves of layoffs as war batters domestic economy

Iranians are confronting mass layoffs and soaring inflation amid destroyed infrastructure and internet blackouts. We take a closer look. But first: US senators grill Donald Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chair, and the global condom industry...

France 24 1 months ago

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Israeli ambassador: 'Only a strong Israel can achieve peace'

In an interview with DW, Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to Germany, defends his country's military strikes against Iran and Lebanon. He also advises Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz to show more "tact."

DW News 1 months ago

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Germany news: Lufthansa scraps 20,000 flights

As Frankfurt Airport opens a new terminal, Lufthansa has scrapped 20,000 flights due to soaring fuel prices. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Pistorius has unveiled his future strategy for Germany's armed forces. DW has more.

DW News 1 months ago

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Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets

The proposed Pentagon drone investment rivals Ukraine’s entire military budget.

Ars Technica 1 months ago

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Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.

France 24 1 months ago

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Significant 'overlap' between auto industry and arms manufacturing, expert says

The European automobile industry is pivoting from car production to manufacturing combat drones and defense systems as the continent seeks to rearm in the face of Russia's continued threats. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Rico Luman, Senior...

France 24 1 months ago

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NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea, French team says

Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Euronews 1 months ago

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Martinook lifts Canes in 2OT after goal overturn

Jordan Martinook, who stopped on a penalty shot in the first overtime session after a potential winning goal was overturned, beat Linus Ullmark at 13:53 of the second overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes past the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday.

ESPN 1 months ago

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Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs

Problems with the ground system would have "put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk."

Ars Technica 1 months ago

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Israel confirms its soldier destroyed Jesus statue in Lebanon

The Israeli military confirmed a viral photo of one of its soldiers smashing a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon is "authentic," and said its launched an investigation into the incident. Taken in the Christian village of Debel...

France 24 1 months ago

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'Trump has boxed himself into a corner', expert says as fate of Iran peace talks uncertain

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin, Rosemary Kelanic, Director of the Middle East programme at the think tank Defense Priorities, says that US President Donald Trump "has boxed himself into a corner", explaining that "this war has failed, the war...

France 24 1 months ago