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China Says US Shooting Down Balloon ‘Damaged’ Relations

China Says US Shooting Down Balloon ‘Damaged’ Relations

A US decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon that Beijing claimed had veered off course has “seriously impacted and damaged” relations between the two countries, China’s foreign ministry said Monday. The aircraft, which Washington said was a spy balloon, had spent several days flying over North America, leading the United States to call off a planned […]

Three Al-Qaeda Suspects Killed in Yemen Drone Strike

Three Al-Qaeda Suspects Killed in Yemen Drone Strike

Three alleged Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northeastern Yemen on Monday, local government officials said. The attack was carried out on a car in Marib province, the scene of heavy fighting in 2021 in Yemen’s long-running civil war, the officials said. “Three Al-Qaeda members were killed in a strike by a drone that is believed to be American,” a government official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “The three were in a car in Wadi Obeida […]

Syria Bus Bombing Wounds 15 Police in Restive South

Syria Bus Bombing Wounds 15 Police in Restive South

A bomb attack on a bus carrying Syrian police wounded 15 officers in the south of the war-torn country on Monday, the interior ministry said. The police had been returning from a mission in the southern province of Daraa when “unidentified terrorists targeted their bus with an explosive device,” the ministry said in a statement. Seven of the 15 wounded suffered serious injuries, the statement […]