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2 days ago | 
telegraphindia.com | Helene Cooper |Juliane E. Barnes |Eric Schmitt |Lara Jakes
Officials said Russia’s losses included six Tu-95 and four TU-22M long-range strategic bombers, as well as A-50 warplanes, which are used to detect air defences and guided missiles Helene Cooper, Juliane E.
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3 days ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Helene Cooper |Julian Barnes |Eric Schmitt |Lara Jakes
FILE -- A Ukrainian solder flies a drone in eastern Ukraine on April 24, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Monday, June 2, 2025, that the drone strikes, known as Operation Spider Web, had “seriously weakened” Russia’s military operations.
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3 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Helene Cooper |Julian Barnes |Eric Schmitt |Lara Jakes |Adam Entous
The attack demonstrated Ukraine's ability to use relatively cheap drones to take out expensive aircraft and to strike sites far from its borders. In launching an audacious drone attack on airfields and warplanes deep inside Russia, Ukraine is continuing to change the way wars will be conducted in the 21st century, according to U.S. officials and military analysts.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Lara Jakes |Steven Erlanger
When President Trump demanded months ago that NATO allies spend 5 percent of their national income on defense, leaders across Europe said it couldn’t be done. Now those countries have found a way to meet his call — with a bit of creative accounting. Some NATO countries have in principle backed a new plan to broaden NATO spending beyond traditional items such as troops and weapons.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Lara Jakes |Steven Erlanger
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as security. When President Trump demanded months ago that NATO allies spend 5 percent of their national income on defense, leaders across Europe said it couldn't be done. Now those countries have found a way to meet his call - with a bit of creative accounting.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Lara Jakes
The military conflict between India and Pakistanexpanded in the days after the first airstrikes that followed a deadly terrorist attack last month on the Indian-controlled side of the disputed Kashmir region. The confrontation was the latest escalation of a decades-long conflict over Kashmir, a scenic valley in the Himalayas that is wedged between the two nations. Kashmiris have rarely had a say in their own fate. Here is a history of the dispute.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Lara Jakes
Since President Trump took office vowing to pull back U.S. support for Ukraine, European leaders have worried that they would be unable to supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs. So far, it looks like they were right. The so-called coalition of the willing of European nations backing Ukraine has struggled to get materiel to its battlefields in the time since Mr. Trump made clear that Europe needed to shoulder more of the load for Ukraine’s security and its own.
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4 weeks ago | 
spokesman.com | Rawan Ahmad |Lara Jakes |Saher Alghorra
HAIFA, Israel — Airstrikes pounded the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, health officials said, as Israel reaffirmed its plans to capture more land in the enclave and force all 2 million Gaza Strip residents to live in the south. The single deadliest bombing hit near a popular cafe in Gaza City where young people gathered to use the internet, killing 33, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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4 weeks ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Rawan Ahmad |Lara Jakes
A body is moved in the aftermath of an Israeli drone strike at a restaurant in Gaza City on Wednesday. Nearly two months have passed since Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza in March and resumed its military campaign after talks broke down.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Lara Jakes
The Israeli military said it had intercepted an unmanned vehicle a day after President Trump said the U.S. would step back from conflict with the Iran-backed group. Israel said it had shot down a drone that was approaching from the east on Wednesday, as Houthi officials in Yemen vowed to continue attacking the country a day after President Trump said the United States would stop bombing the Iran-backed group.
