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China’s Xi calls for political loyalty in the military as purge widens

He says he's pushing the fight against corruption as a military purge widens.

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Ukraine’s low-cost drones draw US, Gulf interest, but wartime ban blocks sales

Ukraine is hoping to trade that know-how for scarce Patriot missiles.

China's Xi calls for political loyalty in the military as anti-corruption purge widens

China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday said political loyalty in the military must be ensured and called for resolutely pushing forward the fight against corruption as a military purge widened.

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Ukraine's low-cost Shahed killers draw U.S. and Gulf interest, but a wartime ban blocks sales

As the war in the Middle East strains U.S. missile stocks, Ukraine is hoping it can turn a wartime innovation - low-cost interceptors designed to shoot down Russian attack drones - into geopolitical leverage.

‘An ideological guest list’: Trump invites Latin America’s rightwing leaders to Florida summit

Omission of presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, however, exposes failure of US president’s ‘theatrical’ doctrine, say expertsDonald Trump will welcome the leaders of at least 10 Latin American countries to a palm-dotted golf resort in Miami on Saturday as the president continues his quest to transform the US’s standing in the region and outmuscle China.Since returning to power last year, Trump has launched a dramatic – and at times deadly – crusade to, as the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, put it, “reclaim our back yard”. Continue reading...