Tension on the Korean Peninsula is once again ratcheting up, with calls for immediate talks between North and South Korea to avert an accidental military confrontation. It follows hostile back-to-back statements from Kim Yo Jung – the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – who said loudspeakers broadcasting anti-South Korea propaganda would […]
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On the edge of NATO territory in the Baltics, there is growing concern about the threat Russia poses. Aaron MacLean visited the capital of Lithuania to see how they’re preparing. Lithuania prepares for war, reinforcing its border against Russian tanks #Lithuania #prepares #war #reinforcing #border #Russian #tanks
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Spain’s spy agency warned of Ceuta border breach before crisis, declassified files show
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Madrid — Spain’s national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings before the Ceuta border crisis about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in late July, according to declassified documents released by the government on Wednesday. The trove of 40 documents, which includes alerts, intelligence reports, charts and communications from multiple […]
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Family of Virginia man last heard from at Nepal-Tibet border just before flood hit desperate for info
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Anil Goel was among about 10 U.S. nationals at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal’s border with Tibet Wednesday morning just before a torrent of mud and floodwater swept away the facility and everything around it. On Friday, the 67-year-old Northern Virginia resident and former World Bank employee’s family was still desperate for information on […]
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Tigers, jaguars, bison among 135 exotic and endangered animals found in raid on fuel smugglers near U.S. border
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Mexican authorities said Thursday that they had rescued Bengal tigers, mandrills, hyenas and even a camel during raids on a fuel smuggling ring in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, on the U.S. border. The 135 animals found at a ranch also included lions, buffalo, sulcata tortoises, spider monkeys, jaguars, an American bison and a green […]
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Romania’s defense ministry said Sunday a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered its airspace near the border with two of its neighboring countries Ukraine and Moldova. The ministry said in a statement the drone had entered from Moldova and was intercepted by an Spanish F-18 jet deployed on NATO duties early […]
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Morocco blames Ceuta border surge on “exploitation of digital platforms,” misleading info
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Morocco is blaming last week’s massive surge of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on various factors, including “malicious exploitation of digital platforms” and the spread of misleading information. Most of the migrants were sent back home by Spanish officials after the sudden — and deadly — border rush. A Moroccan official said late Sunday that […]
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Ceuta grapples with aftermath of massive border surge after most migrants leave territory
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Most of the 60,000 North African migrants who entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta had been returned to Morocco by Sunday, officials said, but a cloud remains over the tiny enclave. Shops in Ceuta reopened, and the usual blend of residents and tourists in the city of 84,000 were filling the open-air terraces, restaurants and […]
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Spain’s Ministry of the Interior said more than 25,000 migrants who arrived at the border of the tiny territory of Ceuta have been sent back to Morocco. More than 150 migrants are being removed from Ceuta per minute, the ministry said. The statement came shortly after the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, estimated that 60,000 migrants […]
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Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory. The announcement comes after local authorities in Ceuta had asked the central government in Madrid for reinforcements to manage a border crisis that had been building up before boiling over […]
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