The World at War

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Kenya imposes a dusk-to-dawn curfew after 9 people beheaded by ISIS

Kenya Imposes Curfew After Nine People Beheaded at Coast
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Talks are underway between South Korea and the United States on possibly using a "secondary boycott" aimed at toughening sanctions against North Korea's evolving missile and nuclear programs ...

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Photo on the left is all over social media this morning. The photo on the right is the original image. #photoshop

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Opening remarks

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in Kyiv

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will start a four-day visit to Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with Gulf Arab leaders, the State Department announced.
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Over the course of 2 weeks, x3 AWACS have deployed to the Middle East... US Air Force
E-3G 81-0005
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E-3G 80-0138

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If this isn't a unit rotation, this could be very interesting
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THERESA May will host the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today in an attempt to kick-start Brexit trade talks.

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Turkey issued arrest warrants for 72 university staff, state media said on Monday, including a former adviser to the main opposition leader who staged a mass rally on Sunday to protest a crackdown since a failed military coup last year.

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‘Expert and skillful’ Putin’s spokesman praises Donald Trump after ‘win-win’ G20 talks
VLADIMIR Putin’s press secretary has praised Donald Trump after the world leader held a two-hour meeting at the G20 summit last week.

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Initial reports - rammig attack in Gush Etzion. 1 person wounded
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#breaking IDF: reports of a suspected car ramming attack near the Tekoa settlement
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#breaking
Ramming and stabbing attack near the #Israel'i settlment of Tkoa in #WestBank. 1 soldier wounded. Attacker shot
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The High Court has after seeing secret evidence rejected claims Govt is acting unlawfully by failing to suspend sale of arms to Saudi Arabia
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has adjourned the Panama case hearing till next Monday and ordered to make the report public.

The Joint Investigation Team formed by the Supreme Court to probe matters relating to Panama Papers, submitted its final report today before a three-member bench of the apex court.
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One Israeli soldeir lightly wounded. Palestinian assailant was killed,after getting out of his car and trying to stab one of the soldiers
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Airbus New Black Boxes Will Eject From Crashing Planes
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it's the little things ...

British holidaymakers are being urged to watch a new safety video on how to survive a terror attack ahead of their summer break abroad.

Authorities have told tourists to stay alert for terrorist attacks while on holiday and watch the four-minute “run, hide, tell” safety film before they leave.

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I want to frame this --

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#Netherlands - Geert Wilders: "If we would have done what Mr. #Trump did, many lives would have been saved."

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the Yu Gwan-sun --

The South Korean Navy's newest submarine is "capable of handling more than 300 underwater targets at the same time".
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South Korea's Navy took over a new 1,800-ton submarine Monday aimed at beefing up its underwater warfare capability against North Korea ...

It's expected to help the South offset its inferiority in the quantity of submarines to the North, known to have more than 80 submarines ...

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Oil, Gas Key to World Energy for 'Decades to Come', Saudi Aramco Boss Says

... "The renewables still have major challenges, they do not compete with oil. It takes a long time for new fuels to seize market share," he said, noting that electric cars would also still need time to take off.

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istanbul Governor’s Office puts number of ‘Justice Rally’ participants at 175,000

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honest to pete, a finger in every pie --

Conference for the reconstruction of Syria with participation of around 1,000 representatives from Chinese companies
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i'm soooo tired ... working way too hard lately ... zzzzz

Take a little time to rest, my friend. I know how you feel.

Sea Breeze: US sends missile warships, Navy SEALs to massive war games off Ukraine coast

Several US missile warships, over 800 sailors and a Navy SEALs team have arrived in the Black Sea to take part in the 12-day Sea Breeze 2017 naval exercise off Ukraine, which will include maritime forces from 16 countries.

The multinational war games are taking place in the northwestern part of the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. They will feature 31 vessels, 29 aircraft and over 3,000 troops, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

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For the 1st time in its history @NATO opens full scale representation in a partner country. – #Ukraine.
@NATOinUkraine
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