Turkey’s parliament approved Finland’s NATO application on Thursday, making it the 31st nation in the Western defense alliance.
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U.S. and Canada close popular but unofficial border crossing
The United States and Canada have agreed on a deal which gave both countries the authority to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial crossing points.
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North Korea testing new nuclear-capable weapon
North Korea claimed that they have tested a new underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, which could potentially create a “radioactive tsunami” on Friday.
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U.S. base attacked by Iranian-backed forces in Syria after retaliatory strikes
Iranian-backed forces launched around seven rockets at a United States base in Northeast Syria on Friday, in retaliation to the airstrikes that were conducted by the U.S. forces according to Fox News.
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U.K. and Germany scramble jets to intercept Russian planes
The U.K. and Germany scrambled their fighter jets in order to intercept two Russian planes near Estonia, jsut hours after a United States drone had been downed over the Black Sea on Tuesday.
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U.S. to sell nuke-powered submarines to Australia
As anxiety over China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific area grows, President Joe Biden and the heads of two important U.S. allies formally confirmed on Monday that Australia would buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States to update its fleet.
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