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  Five US personnel injured in rocket attack at Iraqi base amid escalating Middle East tensions

  World | August 06, 2024 17:24 IST

  Tensions in the region are at an all-time high after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. It is yet to be determined whether the latest attack on Iraq was linked to threats by Iran, which blames the US for Haniyeh's death.

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  North Korea claims its ballistic missile launch simulated 'nuclear attack' against South Korea

  World | March 20, 2023 16:11 IST

  The South Korean and Japanese militaries detected the short-range missile being launched Sunday into waters off the North’s eastern coast, which reportedly came less than an hour before the US flew long-range B-1B bombers for training with South Korean warplanes.

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  Is Ayman al-Zawahiri still alive? Al Qaeda releases 35-minute 'undated' video

  World | December 25, 2022 13:46 IST

  The US had claimed that its forces killed al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan earlier in July this year. Even US President Joe Biden released a video wherein he praised the efforts of the forces involved in the al-Zawahiri killing operation.

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  US Army troops isolated after Africa duty tour

  World | October 28, 2014 7:13 IST

  Washington: An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight.   The general and his