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Protest by Kremlin supporters draws 2,500 outside Ramstein Air Base gate

Organized by a mix of German right-wing politicians and Russian expatriates, the protesters made their way from Ramstein’s small train station toward the main gate of Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force installation in Europe.

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US gives Ukraine another $2 billion in military aid as war with Russia enters its second year

The U.S. will send another $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine that includes weapons, drones and other equipment, the Pentagon said on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.

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Airmen receive valor medals for aid flights during Iranian missile attack in Iraq

Four airmen with Kadena’s 18th Wing received awards for valor earlier this month for their actions three years ago during an Iranian rocket attack on al Asad Air Base in Iraq.

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'Powder keg' for 9/11: 1993 trade center bombing remembered

On Feb. 26, 1993, a deadly bombing at the World Trade Center killed six people, one of them pregnant, and injured more than 1,000 — becoming a harbinger of terror at the twin towers.

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Former soldier faces murder charge in decades-old killing of Army private in Germany

A former soldier who was arrested Thursday in Florida is charged with the murder of a 19-year-old private on an Army base in Germany more than 20 years ago, officials said.

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German leader seeks Indian support for Russia's isolation

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday that Germany wants to get India to support, or at least not block, Western efforts to isolate Russia for waging a devastating war against Ukraine.

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CIA chief: China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan

U.S. intelligence shows that China's President Xi Jinping has instructed his country's military to "be ready by 2027" to invade Taiwan, though he may be harboring doubts about his ability to do so given Russia's experience in its war with Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns said.

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Putin: will 'take into account' NATO's nuclear capability

As he has done repeatedly during the Ukraine war, Putin claimed that Russia faces an existential threat because, in his view, NATO members are seeking the country's "strategic defeat."

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On Ukraine front, civilians cling on as troops repel Russia

Ukrainian soldiers are paying a heavy price, too, but say their sacrifices are wearing down waves of troops and equipment that Moscow is throwing into battle.

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Toddler went missing while parent slept; a Marine veteran found the child in Florida woods

Roy Link volunteered in the search for Joshua “JJ” Rowland and is now being hailed as the “man of the year” by Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis.

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US soldiers help save German town’s historic castle wall

The small town of St. Goar lost significant tourist revenue when most American forces left the nearby Hahn Air Base in the 1990s, and the stone remnants had therefore been neglected for decades.

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