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Russia Votes to Shut Down Last U.N. Aid Route Into Syria
WASHINGTON — Russia vetoed a measure on Friday that would have allowed the last U.N. aid route into Syria to remain open for another year, in a vote that diplomats and critics said endangered the lives of millions of people already suffering after more than a decade of war. Foreign officials and international aid workers […]
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Using Weapons From the West, Ukraine Seeks to Drive Back Russian Troops
KRAKOW, Poland — Ukrainian troops, emboldened by sophisticated weapons and long-range artillery supplied by the West, went on the offensive Friday against Russian forces in the northeast, seeking to drive them back from two key cities as the war plunged more deeply into a grinding, town-for-town battle. After weeks of intense fighting along a 300-mile-long […]
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‘Abrupt Changes’: China Caught in a Bind Over Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As Russian troops have poured into Ukraine, officials in Beijing have fumed at any suggestion that they are betraying a core principle of Chinese foreign policy — that sovereignty is sacrosanct — in order to shield Moscow. They will not even call it an invasion. “Russia’s operation” is one preferred description. The “current situation” is […]
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How Russia Attacked Ukraine and What Happens Next
After months of troop and tank buildups, of grim warnings of violence and vague assurances of peace, and of efforts at diplomacy in Washington, the halls of the United Nations and the capitals of Europe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began early Thursday morning, with shelling and rocket attacks on several major cities including the capital, […]
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North Korea Launches 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
SEOUL — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, according to the South Korean military, which said it was analyzing the flight data to learn more. The missiles, fired from near the Suan Airport outside Pyongyang, the North’s capital, flew 236 miles to the northeast before landing off the […]
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North Korea Fires Projectile After Lashing Out Over Sanctions
SEOUL — North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Friday, hours after it warned of “stronger and certain reaction” if the United States helped impose more sanctions on the North in response to its recent series of missile tests. The South Korean military said its analysts were studying the trajectory and […]
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