Japan's new prime minister could try to shake up the country's military pact with the US

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Shigeru Ishiba celebrates after his election as party head during the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election on September 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.
Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister. The 67-year-old narrowly won the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday.

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A Russian teen got 15 years in prison for donating crypto to a pro-Ukraine paramilitary unit: report

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A recruitment ad for the Russian military is seen in Kursk as civilians walk by a bus stop.
As the Ukraine war rages on, Russia has been charging citizens donating to pro-Ukrainian groups with treason, which can now carry up to life in prison.

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Why China would want to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile out into the Pacific

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China's DF-31A intercontinental ballistic missiles on mobile carriers are parked in front of Chinese military personnel standing in formation.
China's ICBM test was its first in the Pacific in over 40 years.

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A new first-in-class Chinese attack submarine sank at a Wuhan shipyard in a pier-side accident

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A satellite image shows floating cranes near a pier at a Chinese shipyard.
Efforts to salvage the submarine, June 15.

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Russia reportedly has a secret long-range drone program in China. Experts say it shouldn't surprise anyone.

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An Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone flies in the sky over Kermanshah, Iran, on March 7.
Russia has been desperate to source drones, like the Iranian Shahed drone above, from other countries.

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Israel's air war may put Hezbollah in a bind over its most threatening missiles

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Waves of Israeli airstrikes have targeted Hezbollah's missile arsenal, placing the group and its Iranian backers in a bind.
Waves of Israeli airstrikes have targeted Hezbollah's missile arsenal, placing the group and its Iranian backers in a bind.

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Ukraine's getting powerful long-range glide bombs from the US that will give its F-16s a new punch

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A Ukrainian F-16 flying against grey skies.
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jet. The US is providing Ukraine with new Joint Standoff Weapons, adding another arrow in the jet's quiver.

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Putin is intensifying nuclear threats as the West wavers over Ukraine's use of long-range weapons

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a security council meeting in Moscow in September 2024.

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The Black Sea has a deadly naval mine problem that will long outlast the Ukraine war

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An aerial view of Turkish Nav's minesweeper ship belonging to Turkish Navy Mine Squadron Command in 2022. An auxiliary boat and its circular trail in the water around the ship is also visible.
An aerial view of a Turkish Navy minesweeper.

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America's rivals are piling on the pressure all at once

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Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.
Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.

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