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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and his wife Yuko Kishida walk down the stairs from a plane as they participate in an arrival ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, April 8, 2024. President Joe Biden will host a State Dinner for Kishida during his official visit to the United States on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) China concerns bring new unity to once-turbulent US-Japan-Philippines relationship ahead of major White House summit
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) CNN
China   Japan   Philippines   Photos   US States
Members of the Abu Draz family inspect their house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Israel announces opening of aid routes into Gaza
Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Khaleejtimes
Gaza War   Humanitarian Aid   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Israel–Hamas war
Niger Coup US Epic Fail in Niger
> This originally appeared at TomDispatch. TomDispatch is distinctly a forever-war creation. When I began it almost 23 years ago, the U.S. had just invaded Afghanistan... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Antiwar
Africa   Niger   Photos   US States
FILE - A Finnish soldier participates in the amphibious operations as part of NATO sea exercises BALTOPS 2015 in Ustka, Poland, on June 17, 2015. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world's biggest military alliance on Tuesday, prompting a warning from Russia that it would bolster its defenses near their joint border if NATO deploys any troops in its new member. A year of living less dangerously? Finland’s first 12 months in NATO
One year ago, Finland abandoned its longstanding tradition of neutrality and became NATO’s 31st member. This entry into the transatlantic military alliance marked a... (photo: AP / Czarek Sokolowski, File) Al Jazeera
Finland   NATO   Photos   Russia
In this June 8, 2017 file photo, Al-Jazeera staff work at their TV station in Doha, Qatar. Dozens of journalists at Al Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack attributed to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog reported on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Shutdown threat: When has Israel targeted Al Jazeera before?
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday that allows temporary shutdowns of foreign media in Israel including — and perhaps principally — Al Jazeera. Israeli Prime... (photo: AP / Malak Harb) Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera   Gaza   Israel   Photos
Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs - Brussels Belgium - 3-4 April 2024 NATO weighs a plan to provide long-term military help to Ukraine as Russian troops assert control
By LORNE COOK (Associated Press) BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed... (photo: NATO) Boston Herald
NATO   Photos   Russia   Ukraine
Flags of the 26 member countries of NATO at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium NATO ministers mull 100 billion euro military fund for Ukraine
NATO foreign ministers meet on Wednesday to discuss how to put military support for Ukraine on a long-term footing, including a proposal for a 100 billion euro ($107... (photo: NATO)
Philenews
  NATO   Photos   Ukraine   Wikipedia: NATO   euro military
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza SAtrip, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Deliberate, calculated, premeditated massacre’
Worldwide condemnation rises as Israel’s military stands accused to deliberately targeting charity staff bringing food to thousands of Gaza people facing imminent famine.... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Al Jazeera
Gaza   Human Rights   Israel   Photos
Left to right: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukraine) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg NATO foreign ministers to discuss $108bn military aid fund for Ukraine
NATO foreign ministers are set to discuss how to put military support for Ukraine on a long-term footing. At a two-day meeting beginning on Wednesday, ministers are... (photo: NATO / Erik Luntang) Al Jazeera
Europe   NATO   Photos   Ukraine
FILE - Newly recruited soldiers who mark the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 25, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Ukraine military draft age lowered to boost fighting force
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a bill to lower the mobilisation age for combat duty from 27 to 25, a move that should help Ukraine generate more fighting power... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky, File) The Guardian
Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Volodymyr Zelensky   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
File - Air pollution from factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Why does South Asia have the world’s worst air pollution?
In 2023, Bangladesh recorded the worst air quality of 134 countries monitored by the Swiss climate group, IQAir. Pakistan and India were close behind, with the report... (photo: Creative Commons / Mirza Khalid https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Pollution_in_Dhaka.jpg) Al Jazeera
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Pollution
A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade launches a drone near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023 Ukraine’s AI-enabled drones are trying to disrupt Russia’s energy industry. So far, it’s working
There’s a loud buzzing sound as a small silhouette approaches in the air. The noise is eerily reminiscent of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, but this episode was... (photo: AP / Libkos) CNN
Drones   Photos   Russia   Ukraine
Palestinians inspect the ruins of a residential building for the Abu Muammar family after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, March 29, 2024. Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza
When Gilad Erdan, the Israeli envoy to the UN, sat before the security council to rail against the ceasefire resolution it had just passed, he cut a lonelier figure than... (photo: AP / Hatem Ali) The Observer
Gaza War   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Israel–Hamas war
People wait to casts their votes at a polling station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Congo entered its second day of voting Thursday after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced the election's extension, drawing criticism from some opposition candidates as concerns mount that the logistical hurdles could challenge the result's credibility. Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen
War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United... (photo: AP / Moses Sawasawa) Al Jazeera
Africa   Congo   Photos   United Nations
China Artificial Intelligence Competition China turns to AI in propaganda mocking the ‘American Dream’
Taipei, Taiwan – “​​The American Dream. They say it’s for all, but is it really?” So begins a 65-second, AI-generated animated video that touches on hot-button issues in... (photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein) Al Jazeera
Artificial intelligence   China   Photos   US States
President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, answers a reporter's question at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Biden inexplicably urges Ukraine not to be so effective fighting against Russia
It was another week of bad decisions in Washington, and Ukraine continues to pay the price. According to the Financial Times, the Biden administration, in response to... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
The Hill
  Photos   Russia   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Joe Biden   joe biden
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin took part in the parade, which took place in Naypyidaw, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ‘Backs to the wall’: Myanmar military prepares to mark Armed Forces Day
The Myanmar military will mark Armed Forces Day on Wednesday with its usual parade in the purpose-built capital of Naypyidaw. Thousands of armed troops from all three... (photo: Creative Commons / Mil.ru) Al Jazeera
Asia   Democracy   Myanmar   Photos
A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020 ‘Safety, safety, safety’: Boeing shakes up leadership in bid to stem crisis
Seattle, United States – For those watching developments at Boeing, the question was not whether there was going to be a shake-up at the top, but when. When Boeing... (photo: AP / Elaine Thompson) Al Jazeera
Photos   Travel   US States
File - A Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) vessel is seen from an MH-60 helicopter assigned to USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) while conducting flight operations in support of maritime security operations in the South China Sea, 5 May, 2014. China’s maritime power cause for action and alarm
The People’s Liberation Army Navy is now, and has been for several years, larger than the US Navy with over 370 ships currently in commission. What’s more, in a few... (photo: US Navy)
Asiatimes
  Asia   China   Maritime   Photos
FILE - In this May 13, 2017 file photo, Japanese soldiers use rubber rafts as part of an amphibious drill during joint military exercises between the U.S., Japan, France and the United Kingdom, on Naval Base Guam. North Korea says it is examining its operational plans for attacking Guam to contain U.S. bases there. US and Japan to strengthen military ties as they eye China
Japan and the United States are in talks to boost military cooperation as they eye a growing threat from China. The two countries are discussing increased integration and... (photo: AP / Haven Daley) Al Jazeera
China   Japan   Photos   United States
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