European airlines are adding up to 2 hours to flights to go around Niger after the African nation suddenly closed its airspace

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Airlines detouring around Niger due to airspace closure.
Niger suddenly closed its airspace on Sunday and now European airlines are have to spend hours flying around the country on routes between Europe and souther Africa.

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Ukraine says it foiled an attempt to assassinate Zelenskyy with an airstrike, accuses woman of trying to betray his location

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a street during a visit to the southern city of Mykolaiv in June 2022.

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As the drone battle in Ukraine unfolds, the US Army is scrambling to get its soldiers a new one-way tank-buster

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A US Marine launches a Switchblade drone during an exercise in California in September 2020.

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Ukraine is evacuating wounded soldiers by loading them onto large drones, in what is likely a battlefield first, report says

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Ukrainian servicemen help a comrade during an evacuation of injured soldiers in a region near the retaken village of Shchurove, Ukraine, in September 2022.

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Russia's air force is barely able to leave its own airspace because Ukraine's defenses are so strong, UK intel says

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Russian Sukhoi SU-35S air defence fighters and Mikoyan MIG-29 jet fighters aircrafts are presented at the air show during the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon outside of Moscow, Russia, on July 20, 2021.

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Europe's biggest companies reported a combined €100 billion loss from leaving Russia, report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022.

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The UK has slapped so many sanctions on Russian oligarchs, authorities are struggling to keep up with their applications to pay at supermarkets, florists, and yoga studios

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The UK has slapped so many sanctions on Russian oligarchs, authorities are struggling to keep up with their applications to pay at supermarkets, florists, and yoga studios.

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Russia rejects peace agreement, insisting its war in Ukraine will rage on 'for the foreseeable future'

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A demonstrator holds a sign during a peaceful stand for Ukraine rally in Boston, Massachusetts.

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At least half of the 30,000 elite paratroopers Russia deployed in Ukraine have been killed or wounded, UK intel says

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Russian paratroopers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade on May 4, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.

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Inside the US Factory making Ukraine's most important ammo

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