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Russia launched nearly 100 attacks in the Kursk region in the last 24 hours, according to the latest update from the Ukrainian general staff, in a bid to reverse Kyiv’s recent gains. It made up nearly ...

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Officials say more than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles ...

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Senegalese and Chadian leaders say the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, ...

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