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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speak ahead of the state funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral on January 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Ricky Carioti/Pool via REUTERS
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
People embrace as they evacuate following powerful winds fueling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, at the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Firefighters work to extinguish flames as the Eaton Fire burns in Pasadena, California, U.S. January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Mourners pray beside the bodies during the funeral of Palestinian journalists from Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel who were killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to medics with the Gaza health authorities, in the central Gaza Strip, December 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The U.S. military says a U.S warship appears to have mistakenly fired on and hit a U.S. F-18 aircraft over the Red Sea in a case of friendly fire. The pilots ejected and were recovered safely, the military adds
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The Pentagon says it actually has 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, well above the 900 troops they have been saying. The Pentagon said these forces include a large contingent have been temporary forces supporting the counter-ISIS mission and unrelated the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinian Ahmed Al-Louh, a video journalist for Al Jazeera TV, after he was killed in an Israeli strike on the civil emergency centre, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in the central Gaza Strip, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
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Lisa Shumaker @lisashumaker.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
@reuters.com 2024: The world under water. Scientists have long predicted that an increase in the global temperature would create an increase in precipitation — although not evenly distributed — because a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Dec 15 (Reuters) - At least 15 Palestinians were killed and others injured in a strike on a shelter for the displaced in Gaza's Khan Younis, medics said on Sunday.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite the moderate tone of rebel leaders who ousted President Bashar al-Assad a week ago.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
My memoir of my daughter, gift link renewed. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Miranda’s Last Gift
When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories—and Ringo.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Israel killed 13 Palestinians in two airstrikes on Thursday that Gaza medics and Hamas said were part of a force protecting humanitarian aid trucks, but Israel's military said they were Hamas militants trying to hijack the shipment.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
No Iranian drone 'mothership' off the United States, Pentagon says - www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
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No Iranian drone 'mothership' off the United States launching drones, Pentagon says
The Pentagon said on Wednesday that there was no evidence that drones that had been spotted over New Jersey were from a foreign entity or adversary and dismissed a claim by a U.S. lawmaker that they were being launched from an Iranian "mothership."
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Pentagon says it has no evidence that the drones seen over New Jersey are from a foreign entity or adversary.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russia could launch another experimental hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in coming days, but Washington does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game changer in the war, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The top U.S. general for the Middle East was in Syria earlier today where he met U.S. forces and the Kurdish-led SDF.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters)-Israeli naval missile ships destroyed the Syrian military fleet in an operation on Monday night as part of a broad campaign to eliminate strategic threats to Israel, Defence Minister Katz said on Tuesday, during a visit to a naval base in Haifa.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A damaged picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad lies on the floor inside Qamishli international airport, in Qamishli, Syria December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
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Andrew Gray @andrewramsaygray.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius tells @liliebayer.bsky.social & me: EU must find ways in next year to raise hundreds of billions in extra military spending to defend against any attack from Russia by end of decade. Needs "big bang" of arms buying & finance Faces "security pandemic"
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EU must find billions for arms within a year, defence chief says
Europe needs to find ways within the next year to fund hundreds of billions of euros in extra military spending to defend against any attack from Russia by the end of the decade, the European Union's new defence commissioner has said.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
President Assad is in Moscow and Russia has granted him and his family asylum, Russian agencies reported, citing a Kremlin source.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A child looks on from a vehicle at Masnaa Border Crossing, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon, December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said a decision on Sunday to have the Israeli military deploy forces in the U.N.-monitored buffer zone with Syria comes was taken to ensure the protection of all Israeli communities in the Golan Heights.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A man holds Syrian opposition flags as he celebrates after an end to President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, in Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Two senior Syrian officers say that Syrian president Bashar al Assad has left Damascus to unknown destination- Reuters
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Syrian rebels say they have begun entering Damascus-Reuters.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The lightning rebel advance in Syria suggests that President Bashar al-Assad's government could fall within the next week, U.S. and other Western officials said on Saturday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/12/2024
Exclusive: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin no longer plans to travel to South Korea, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday, following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt this week to impose martial law reut.rs/4fZUvMG
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Exclusive: US defense secretary scraps South Korea trip after martial law attempt
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin no longer plans to travel to South Korea, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt this week to impose martial law.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Dec 5 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Pentagon chief strongly backs women in combat: 'It is 2024' - www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
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Pentagon chief strongly backs women in combat: 'It is 2024'
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday strongly backed women serving in the military during an impassioned speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, in an apparent dig at President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, who has said he opposes women in combat roles.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
South Korea's Yoon says he will lift martial law after parliamentary vote to block it- Reuters.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The Pentagon says that despite some incidents, the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel is broadly holding.
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My story from last week. // Biden readies $725 million arms aid package for Ukraine, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/biden-...
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Exclusive: Biden readies $725 million arms aid package for Ukraine, sources say
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is preparing a $725 million weapons package for Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday, as the outgoing president seeks to bolster the government in Kyiv before leaving office in January.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Dec 1 (Reuters) - At least 44,429 Palestinians have been killed and 105,250 injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7 2023, Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A man holds a Syrian Opposition flag at Aleppo's ancient citadel, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Aleppo, Syria November 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday they had reached the heart of the northern city of Aleppo, after a surprise sweep through government-held towns and nearly a decade after having been forced out of the city.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The fate of Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun remained unclear on Wednesday, as two U.S. officials told Reuters that he was being investigated for corruption while another urged caution.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
BERLIN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Russia's extensive use of hybrid measures against western targets increases the risk that NATO may eventually consider invoking the alliance's Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service said.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine should consider lowering the age of military service for its soldiers to 18 years old, a senior U.S. administration official said on Wednesday, putting pressure on Kyiv to bolster its fighting forces in the country's war with Russia.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet has agreed a ceasefire deal with Lebanon, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Security force personnel fire tear gas shells to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Well that was certainly an interesting evening on which to give a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Four senior Lebanese sources say there is a plan for Biden and Macron to announce Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal within 36 hours- Reuters
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Nov 24 (Reuters) - At least 44,211 Palestinians have been killed and 104,567 wounded in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since October 7, 2023, Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“I’d have to say the Chinese have matched, or exceeded, what we can do — and we didn’t see this one coming,” said one senior American official. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security of the nation’s telecommunications networks amid growing alarm at th...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/11/2024
At least 18 people were killed and 30 injured in sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, as tensions remained high following attacks on transport convoys that killed dozens of civilians reut.rs/4i11BBY
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Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The bottom line of Sen. Warner’s warning? Use encrypted apps. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
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China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms (Gift Article)
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment and seams in the networks that connect systems.
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idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A man carrying his belongings leaves the area of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/11/2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, a key cabinet position with vast influence over economic, regulatory and international affairs reut.rs/4eNk7L8
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Trump taps Scott Bessent for Treasury
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, a key cabinet position with vast influence over economic, regulatory and international affairs.
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