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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has a plan to defeat Russia. He's in Washington on Thursday to discuss this plan with President Biden....
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Israel's military has warned people in southern Lebanon to evacuate homes used to store weapons for Hezbollah. This comes after last week's explosion...
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People in Lebanon are unplugging electronics and turning off their phones after a second day of exploding devices. Israel, which has not publicly ackn...
Electronic pagers carried by members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday. The incident killed at least a doze...
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Ukraine has been asking for permission to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep within Russian territory. The Biden administration h...
