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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, prompting South Korea to call for an immediate halt to launches banned by U.N. resolutions. The launches increase pressure on the U.S. amid stalled diplomacy and North Korean threats to expand its nuclear deterrent.
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Ed Sheeran opened a Philadelphia concert by calling the situation in Gaza 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' while also condemning the Oct. 7 attacks, after his tour was roiled by Macklemore's pro-Palestinian remarks and artist withdrawals. The report details a small pro-Palestinian protest outside the venue and fans divided over whether concerts should be political.
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North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, continuing a series of weapons demonstrations after threatening to bolster its nuclear deterrent and criticizing U.S.-South Korea military exercises. South Korea urged an immediate halt, Japan detected a suspected launch, and prospects for a swift resumption of U.S.-North Korea talks remain unclear.
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Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in the largest attack of the war, timed to the final day of Russia's Duma elections. Moscow claimed its air defenses downed over 1,600 drones, but several breached the capital's defenses, striking a major Gazpromneft refinery near the Kremlin and killing two people. The piece notes Ukraine's summer drone campaign had previously failed to penetrate Moscow's air defenses and calls the strike a rare success, while describing Russia's elections as widely derided as fraudulent.
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President Trump said he is deciding between economic pressure and military destruction if Iran does not agree to a peace deal. The article reports his comments from a Fox News call and notes the US-Iran conflict is in its seventh month.
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A U.S. Southern Command strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean killed four people, according to SOUTHCOM. The article also notes that the strike is part of a controversial Trump administration campaign against drug boats, with Democratic criticism and lawsuits from some victims' families.
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The US military struck another suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people and bringing the reported death toll of Operation Southern Spear to at least 231 since September 2025. US officials defended the strike as a lawful, precise action against narco-terrorists, while critics and legal experts have questioned the evidence and legality of the campaign.
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U.S. Southern Command announced a Caribbean strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel that killed four people, whom it called narco-terrorists. The article notes this is the latest in dozens of strikes and includes criticism from lawmakers and Colombian and Venezuelan leaders questioning the intelligence and legality.
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North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, South Korea's military said, days after Pyongyang rejected a UN resolution on its nuclear program. The launches followed North Korean criticism of U.S.-led military exercises and came after President Trump scaled back a joint exercise with South Korea.
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President Trump is heading into a tense UN General Assembly amid a seven-month-old US conflict with Iran, with insiders predicting confrontation over trade, European friction, and the war. The article quotes a former Obama official calling the Iran war 'reckless' and Trump's handling 'pathetic,' while emphasizing Trump's contempt for the UN and threats toward Iran.
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Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones and missiles at Russia, in what Moscow called the largest attack of the war, killing at least two people and setting an oil refinery ablaze. The strike came as Russia held the final day of parliamentary elections, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for new sanctions to force peace through strength.
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Ukraine fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds toward Moscow, in what Moscow's mayor called the largest-ever attack on the capital; Russian officials reported two dead and damage to an oil refinery and a residential building. The attack occurred on the final day of Russia's parliamentary elections, while Russian strikes killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. separately approved a $2.68 billion air defense sale to Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia.