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France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organizers finalize security planning for the French capital’s first Games in a century while on heightened alert against potential attacks. CBC | World News
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Tory MP says cadets should be given old military equipment and weapons
James Sunderland says it would be a new use for equipment that would otherwise be discarded. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Israeli military launches night raid on Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
The Israeli military said on Monday its troops raided the compound of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, in an operation Palestinian health authorities said had caused multiple casualties and set off a fierce fire in one of the buildings. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel launches military assault on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces claim it is carrying out a “high precision operation in limited areas” Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »U.S. military aid ship heads to Gaza after Biden promises to build pier
The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary pier to supply the besieged enclave. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. aid policy on Gaza ‘absurd’ given its military support for Israel, UN food expert says
Amid warnings of looming famine five months into Israel’s campaign against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, the U.S. military has carried out airdrops of meals into Gaza and plans a temporary port for aid imports on its Mediterranean coast. CBC | World News
Read More »A German officer used an unsecured line for a military call. Russian hackers leaked it
A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. military planes airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza
U.S. officials said military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during an encounter with Israeli troops amid the war with Hamas. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukrainian spy chief defiant as military grapples with shortages
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Read More »U.S. ambassador says ‘world is watching’ Canada’s military spending
David Cohen, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, praised the country’s “very significant” military contributions on a variety of fronts, including purchases of new equipment and its activity around Ukraine, the Arctic and NORAD. But he also applied some pressure when it comes to military spending. CBC | World News
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