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North Korea fires missiles after dispatching top envoy to Russia

North Korea fired at least two suspected ballistic missiles in what would be its second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program. The projectiles were launched early Wednesday and have likely already fallen outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Coast Guard said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said multiple ...
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No time to run: Russian missiles hit Ukraine city just after sirens sound

Russian missiles struck a military academy in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday only minutes after air-raid alarms blared, killing more than 50 people, wounding many others and underscoring Moscow's superior firepower in one of the war's deadliest attacks. Ukraine's president said a hospital was also hit.
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As U.S. readies last cease-fire push, Netanyahu digs in on border demands

As he fights for his political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on keeping troops on a narrow strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border has become the main obstacle to a cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas, according to current and former officials from mediating countries.