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A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's military exercise during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. North Korea conducted a new round of artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, a day after the North's earlier exercises prompted South Korea to respond with its own drills in the same area. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Sat,01/06/24-5:10AM , 120 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted a new round of artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, a day after the North’s similar exercises prompted South Kor
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives on the island of Crete, Greece, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

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Blinken says Turkey is committed to a 'positive' role in postwar Gaza as he opens a diplomatic push
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat,01/06/24-4:09AM , 60 Reads
CHANIA, Greece (AP) — U.S.
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Hezbollah has fired rockets at Israel in 'initial response' to killing of a top leader from allied Hamas. AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports.

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Hezbollah, Israel trade heavy cross-border fire as Blinken seeks to prevent regional escalation
By BASSEM MROUE, SAMY MAGDY AND NAJIB JOBAIN - Associated Press
Sat,01/06/24-2:36AM , 48 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah traded fire Saturday in one of the heaviest days of cross-border fighting in recent weeks, a day after the militia's leader urged retaliation for the targeted killing, presum
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This photo provided by Kyaw Ko Lin shows a view of Laukkaing city in Shan state, Myanmar, Nov. 20, 2023. An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northeastern Myanmar has reportedly achieved one of the main goals it set when it launched an offensive last October by taking control of Laukkaing, a key city on the border with China, according to local residents and independent media accounts on Friday Jan. 5, 2024. (Kyaw Ko Lin via AP)

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Myanmar confirms a key northeastern city on border with China has been seized by an ethnic alliance
By GRANT PECK - Associated Press
Sat,01/06/24-1:37AM , 93 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling
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