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ABC News

War fears as China fires missiles in Taiwan sea after Nancy Pelosi's trip

China’s chilling muscle-flexing was in revenge for top US politician Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan’s capital Taipei to show solidarity with the isolated island democracy

Daily Mirror

China stokes tensions with missiles reportedly fired over Taiwan

China likely fired missiles over Taiwan during military drills on Thursday, Japan said, part of Beijing’s biggest cross-strait exercises in decades after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island.

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How could a secret Hellfire missile kill Ayman al-Zawahiri without leaving a scratch on his house or family?

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

ABC News

U.S. delays Minuteman III missile test over Taiwan tensions

The Biden administration postponed a long-planned test of an Air Force Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing during China's show of force near Taiwan, national security spokesperson John Kirby told a briefing on Thursday.

Reuters

China fires 11 missiles near Taiwan in biggest test in decades

China fired its largest missile tests in Taiwan’s waters in decades, the day after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied Beijing by visiting the self-ruled island it claims as its own.

Tribune News Service

How powerful are China’s Dongfeng missiles?

Rockets fired near Taiwanese waters as Nancy Pelosi visit ignites regional tensions

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Vladimir Putin's 'she-wolf' killed by missile as his first female colonel dies in war

Russia's warmonger President Vladimir Putin granted Colonel Olga 'Kursa' Kachura, 52, the posthumous Hero of Russia honour, the Kremlin’s highest military award

Daily Mirror

Russia ‘threatened by range and precision of western-supplied’ missiles - MoD

Moscow is “almost certainly” trying to hide a supply route in southern Ukraine, the ministry said

Evening Standard

China fires waves of missiles over the Taiwan Strait, raising tensions in the region

China has fired several waves of missiles, hitting targets in the waters that encircle the island of Taiwan, after a visit from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi triggered a tense military standoff.

WEKU

China's 19,000mph nuclear missiles able to destroy multiple cities in one strike

China's Dongfeng has various iterations and has been around since the late 60s - but has several ICBMs that are capable of striking at the heart of the West - including the DF-41 which could effectively hit New York, Los Angeles and London in one launch

Daily Mirror

China made multiple incursions of median line; Taiwan deployed missile systems to track - source

Chinese navy ships and military aircraft briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Thursday morning, a Taiwan source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

China conducts precision missile strikes near Taiwan after Pelosi visit

China conducted “precision missile strikes” Thursday in waters off Taiwan's coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

France 24

Ukrainian Soldiers Find And Destroy Poorly Hidden Russian T-72 Tank

The footage was obtained from the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi, on Monday.

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Daily Mirror

'Ninja' Hellfire missiles 'like a bladed anvil' chopped up doomed Al-Qaeda leader

The US Hellfire missiles, which use blades instead of explosive warheads, used in the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri were tested and perfected in counter-terrorism operations in Syria

Evening Standard

Deadly missiles and fresh forces — worse is to come from Vladimir Putin

Across the fertile wheat lands of Ukraine, the combine harvesters are in a deadly race to gather the crop before it is burned by indiscriminate shelling and rocketing by marauding Russian artillery and air strikes. Miraculously a fair amount of golden grain is being harvested and stored – though yields…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Agrees to Sell 300 Patriot Missiles to Saudi Arabia

The US State Department approved the potential sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors to the United Arab Emirates and Patriot missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in separate deals worth as much as $5.3 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The US State Department approved the potential…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A look at the missile that killed al-Qaida leader

U.S. officials have said taking out a terrorist threat in Afghanistan with no American troops on the ground would be difficult but not impossible

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Reuters

Russian ceasefire and troop pullout must precede any talks, says Ukraine

Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed comments by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that Russia wanted a "negotiated solution" to the war and said any dialogue would be contingent on a Russian ceasefire and withdrawal of its troops.

Tribune News Service

US warns of possible retaliation after killing of al-Qaida chief

The State Department on Tuesday warned American citizens traveling overseas of possible retaliation by al-Qaida and its supporters after the organization’s leader was killed in a U.S. missile strike.

Zenger

Ukrainian Troops Destroy Russian Anti-Aircraft System In Kharkiv Region

The video was obtained from the National Guard of Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Killing of Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri: How it Happened

Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony. But the US government had not given up…

Zenger

So-Called DPR Shows Off Mobile Short-Range Surface-To-Air Missile System Allegedly Taking Out Drone

Asharq Al-Awsat

Little-Known Modified Hellfire Likely Killed Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri

Little-known modified Hellfire likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri Two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone killed the leader of al-Qaeda, causing surprisingly little damage beyond the target, suggesting they may be a version shrouded in secrecy and used by the United States to avoid non-combatant casualties. Officials said the missiles…

Evening Standard

Russia accuses United States of being directly involved in Ukraine war

Russia’s defence ministry alleged that Washington coordinates Ukrainian missile strikes

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