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Month: April 2024

US defense official had ‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms during a 2023 NATO summit, the Pentagon confirms

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirms that a senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO summit in Lithuania had symptoms similar to those reported by U.S. officials who have experienced “Havana syndrome.” The syndrome is a still-unexplained set of symptoms that includes piercing head or ear pain. Intelligence

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Argentina and Colombia avert a diplomatic crisis, downplaying their presidents’ war of words

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina and Colombia have agreed to end a diplomatic spat that escalated over right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei’s visceral attack on his leftist counterpart in Colombia last week. Milei’s insult prompted the country to order the expulsion of Argentine diplomats and summon its own envoy from Buenos Aires. In a statement

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Syria says an Israeli airstrike has destroyed Iran’s consulate building in Damascus, with deaths

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside, Syrian state media said Monday. The Iranian Arabic-language state television Al-Alam and pan-Arab television station Al-Mayadeen, which has reporters in Syria, said the strike killed

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Russian assault piles pressure on fragile Ukrainian defensive line in the east

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — A key Ukrainian defensive line on the eastern front appears to have partially fallen to Russian forces in the past week, according to a British defense intelligence statement and military bloggers quoting sources on the ground. The United Kingdom’s defense intelligence agency on Saturday released an unusually negative assessment of

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