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Jihadists, Tuareg rebels, claim attacks across Mali

Jihadists, Tuareg rebels, claim attacks across Mali

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group said Saturday that its fighters had joined forces with Tuareg rebels to launch attacks against the army across junta-ruled Mali. Helicopters buzzed over Bamako and around the international airport and fighting was reported at a nearby military base in what was one of

Russia pounds Ukraine's Dnipro for 20 hours straight, killing eight

Russia pounds Ukraine's Dnipro for 20 hours straight, killing eight

Russian barrages of drones and missiles pounded Ukraine's central-eastern city of Dnipro for 20 hours straight, killing eight people and wounding dozens, local authorities said on Saturday. The attack -- the largest ever on the city -- began overnight and lasted well into the afternoon, coming in waves that

Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty will meet at the UN from Monday as hopes fade they can reach agreement and tensions soar between the atomic powers. In 2022, during the last review of the treaty that is considered the cornerstone of non-proliferation, UN Secretary-General Antonio

Gunfire rocks Mali districts, including junta stronghold: witnesses

Gunfire rocks Mali districts, including junta stronghold: witnesses

Gunfire rocked several districts of the junta-ruled west African country of Mali on Saturday, including Kati, the home of military ruler General Assimi Goita, witnesses and a security source told AFP. Fighting was also heard in the northern cities of Gao and Kidal and Sevare in the centre of

Spain is 'reliable' NATO member, PM says after reported US ouster threat

Spain is 'reliable' NATO member, PM says after reported US ouster threat

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday stressed Spain was a "reliable member" of NATO, after a report the United States was considering trying to suspend it over its refusal to support military operations against Iran. The Reuters news agency cited an anonymous US official as telling it that

Montana Guard soldiers participate in drone experiment, train for future warfare

Montana Army National Guard members flew drones both physically and virtually this week in a training exercise at the Limestone Hills Training Area west of Townsend. The event fell under the fiscal year 2026 Rapid Operational Innovation Detachment (ROID) experimentation campaign, part of an effort to prepare soldiers for drone

Pragmatism, not patriotism, pushes young Lithuanians to military service

Pragmatism, not patriotism, pushes young Lithuanians to military service

Outside a high school classroom in Vilnius, several students look apprehensive as they discuss their looming futures -– university, the job market and, for many of them, serving in the military. In their final year of high school, all are on the brink of Lithuania's newly-reformed draft policy,