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The noise campaign is the latest manifestation of steadily-declining ties between the two Koreas this year

N. Korea's Latest Weapon? Bombarding South With Noise

Gunshots, screams, eerie laughter: South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke shortly after the latter's election

Team Trump Assails Biden Decision On Missiles For Ukraine

Donald Trump's allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden's decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation.
A Russian attack overnight hit a dormitory in the town of Glukhiv

Russia Says Ukraine Fired First US-long Range Missiles

Russia said Tuesday that Ukraine had fired US-supplied long-range missiles into its territory for the first time since Washington authorised such strikes as President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat on the 1,000th day of the war.
Members of the media gather outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong on Tuesday

Hong Kong To Sentence Dozens Of Democracy Campaigners

Hong Kong's largest national security trial will draw to a close on Tuesday, with dozens of the city's most prominent democracy campaigners set to be sentenced for subversion, a charge that can carry up to life imprisonment.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left) with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at Malacanang Palace in Manila

US, Philippines Sign Deal On Sharing Military Information

US and Philippine defence chiefs signed an agreement Monday on sharing classified military information and technology, as the long-time treaty allies deepen cooperation in a bid to counter Chinese influence in the region.
A displaced Palestinian woman flees Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip

Schools Closed In Beirut After Deadly Israeli Strike

Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah's spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war.
Germany has been one of Ukraine's biggest military supporters

Ukraine Slams Scholz After First Call With Putin In Two Years

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Friday accused Germany's Olaf Scholz of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two years.
Elon Musk has painted his hostility to the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) as an ideological battle against censorship

With Trump Comeback, Will EU Go Easier On Ally Musk?

Donald Trump's White House comeback gives his ally Elon Musk a sizeable advantage in a running standoff with EU tech regulators -- who may now think twice before fining his X platform over disinformation concerns.

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