Europe nearly doubled its purchases of weapons in recent years, with Ukraine helping to drive the trend as it boosted imports by more than 6,000%, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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F-35 Cleared To Carry Nuclear Weapons
The Pentagon has given the green light to equip the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with thermonuclear weapons, a military spokesman told Breaking Defense.
Israel Plans To Keep Gaza Strip Split in Half for a Year
Israeli officials said they would keep Gaza divided by a military highway for a year.
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South Africa Urges ICJ for Emergency Order as Famine Looms Over Gaza
South Africa has petitioned the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders aimed at halting Israeli military operations in Gaza that are causing a famine in the Strip. The ICJ has issued a preliminary ruling that Israel is plausibly conducting a genocide...
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