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US Navy Fires Laser Weapon in Mideast Amid Drone Boat Threat

December 15, 2021
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden drone boats deployed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The test Tuesday saw the USS Portland test-fire its Laser Weapon System Demonstrator at…

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EU Increases Aid Pledge to Afghanistan and Its Neighbours to 1 Billion Euros

October 13, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Union will give an additional 700 million euros ($809.2 million) in emergency aid to Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, the European Commission said ahead of Tuesday’s Group of 20 Afghan summit. The pledge takes the total commitment of new funding to 1 billion euros after the EU executive’s earlier promise of 300 million…

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Australian PM Urges Humanitarian Aid to Afghans

October 12, 2021
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged world leaders to continue to provide aid to the Afghan people living under Taliban rule. Morrison made the comments when he attended the virtual Group of 20 (G20) summit overnight, hosted by the Italian prime minister. He also called on global leaders to maintain pressure on the Taliban…

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Analysis: As the West Ponders Aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan Are Quick to Provide Relief

September 13, 2021
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ISLAMABAD—As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief for Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban terrorist group, neighbors China and Pakistan have already reached out with aid and discussions of future assistance. The economy in the war-torn country is in crisis and a humanitarian crisis is looming, experts say. Yet…

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IOC Awaiting Report From Belarusian Olympic Committee

August 3, 2021
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TOKYO—The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday it was waiting for a report later in the day from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee on the case of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, after launching an investigation into the incident that has rocked the Games. The athlete took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday,…

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Congressman Proposes Sending Troops Stationed at the Capitol to the Southern Border

March 17, 2021
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National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building should instead be sent to address the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a Republican congressman said Tuesday. The Guard Our Border Act would reassign 95 percent of the National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building to the southern border since the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday that…

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