Tricked Into Fighting for Russia – The New York Times

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  1. Tricked Into Fighting for Russia  The New York Times
  2. ‘The Death Zone’: How Russia Is Luring Africans to Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Kenya: Russia's African Recruitment Web Is Expanding  Foreign Policy
  4. 'We ate snow mixed with sand to survive' - Survivor recounts ordeal in Russia-Ukraine war  GhanaWeb
  5. How Russia Dupes Kenyans into Fighting in Ukraine  DER SPIEGEL - The German View
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UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran – Al Jazeera

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  1. UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran  Al Jazeera
  2. Iran War Takes a Dangerous Turn as Fighting Erupts in Hormuz  WSJ
  3. Despite rift, MBS calls Emirati counterpart to condemn Iranian strikes on UAE  The Times of Israel
  4. Global oil prices top $114 and settle at 4-year high after Iranian attacks on U.A.E. revive worries of further supply disruptions  MarketWatch
  5. Iran ceasefire in peril as UAE says it's under attack  Axios
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Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney – The Guardian

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  1. Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney  The Guardian
  2. Mark Carney Pulls Canada Closer to Europe as Both Struggle With Trump  The New York Times
  3. European leaders converge on Armenia as Russia looks on  BBC
  4. European and Canadian leaders hold security talks in Yerevan amid uncertainty over US policy  France 24
  5. European Leaders Meet as Trump Adds More Threats: What to Watch  Bloomberg.com
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Strategic Implications of the Iran War – The National Interest

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  1. Strategic Implications of the Iran War  The National Interest
  2. The Iran War has real political risks — but don’t ignore its strategic payoff  The Hill
  3. Here’s how to crush Tehran in three moves  Foundation for Defense of Democracies
  4. Iran’s Unexpected Resilience  The Atlantic
  5. America’s hate-hate affair with Iran: A collision course for the ages  Responsible Statecraft
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Assimi Goïta: Mali junta leader names himself defence minister after predecessor killed – BBC

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  1. Assimi Goïta: Mali junta leader names himself defence minister after predecessor killed  BBC
  2. Mali leader Goita assumes role of defence minister after attacks, state media says  Reuters
  3. Mali’s junta leader takes over defense ministry after the minister was killed in militant attacks  AP News
  4. Curfews, conspiracy theories … and a cancelled concert: Mali’s capital tries to shrug off violence on its doorstep  The Guardian
  5. Mali leader Goita takes defence post after minister killed  Al Jazeera
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Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade

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US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflict

The US has launched Donald Trump’s operation to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.

The US operation, which got under way on Monday after being announced as “Project Freedom” by Trump on Sunday night on his social media site, dramatically raised the stakes in a conflict that had been in a month-long period of uneasy limbo.

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Driver injured after truck was struck by United plane landing at Newark airport

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Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday

The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep.

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Several New York City synagogues and homes vandalized with swastikas

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Police are searching for at least four individuals responsible for ‘terrifying signals of hatred and threats of violence’

Several synagogues and homes in the New York borough of Queens were vandalized overnight Monday with swastikas, according to the city council speaker.

On Monday, Julie Menin, along with other city council members including Lynn Schulman and Phil Wong, visited Congregation Machane Chodosh, one of the sites targeted in Forest Hills.

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