Conflict

Colombia Asks Venezuela to Help Quell Border Violence

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has displaced 40,000 people in the lawless border region.

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Myanmar Rebel Group Admits to Beheadings

A Myanmar rebel group said on Friday its members beheaded two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta to maintain control of the country's western borderlands.

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200,000 Intl Troops Needed to Secure Any Ukraine Peace: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said any peace deal agreed with Russia would require at least 200,000 European peacekeepers to oversee it, according to comments published Wednesday.

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Israel Military Says Killed Islamic Jihad Militant During Gaza Truce

The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had killed an Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza, the first such reported death since the start of a ceasefire with Hamas in the Palestinian territory.

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Canada Sends Hundreds of Decommissioned Warheads to Ukraine

Canada has completed the transfer of 1,300 decommissioned warheads to Ukraine as part of a military aid package announced last June.

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Shooting, Explosions in Jenin as Israel Presses Raid

Gunfire and explosions rocked the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, as the Israeli military kept up a large-scale raid for a second day.

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Over 200 Civilians Still in Ukraine’s Frontline Chasiv Yar: Army

More than 200 Ukrainian civilians, many of them vulnerable, are still in the frontline stronghold of Chasiv Yar under heavy Russian assault, a military spokesman told AFP Tuesday.

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M23 Fighters Further Encircle Key DR Congo City of Goma

The army acknowledged Tuesday a "breakthrough" by the M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the armed group fighting government forces has seized a trading hub that supplies the city of Goma.

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EU Pledges $62 Million in Aid for Lebanon Military

The European Union on Tuesday announced a $62 million support package for Lebanon's armed forces, as the crisis-hit country seeks to implement a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Russia Says Downed 55 Ukrainian Drones Overnight

Russia said Tuesday that it had downed 55 Ukrainian drones overnight, adding that falling debris had sparked a new fire at an oil depot in a border region.

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