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      <news:title>Kyiv Hit by Russian Missiles Hours After EU-Ukraine Drone Deal</news:title>
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      <news:title>US Fires Hellfires on Oil Tanker Bound for Iran&apos;s Kharg Island</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ukrainian Drone Kills Chief Engineer at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Russia Says</news:title>
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      <news:title>Wang Huning Visits Pyongyang in Senior Chinese Diplomatic Trip</news:title>
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      <news:title>US Hits Iran in Fresh Evening Wave; Kuwait Intercepts Missiles</news:title>
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      <news:title>Russia Pounds Ukraine as Kyiv Strikes 20 Russian Vessels in Black Sea</news:title>
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      <news:title>China&apos;s Oil Imports Plunge 41 Percent, Tempering Fuel Price Surge</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran Says More Than 30 Civilians Killed in Recent US Strikes</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ukraine Hits Russia&apos;s Command Network as War Reaches the Homeland</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kim Jong-un&apos;s Hand Seen in North Korea Premier&apos;s China Visit</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran Says Seven Killed in US Strike on Bampur Army Base</news:title>
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      <news:title>CENTCOM Confirms &apos;Dozens&apos; of Iranian Targets Hit in New Strike Wave</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kyiv Claims More Than 100 Russian Vessels Hit in Azov Sea Over Nine Days</news:title>
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      <news:title>China Detains U.S. Scientist Who Monitored North Korea Nuclear Tests</news:title>
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      <news:title>IRGC Says It Struck US Forces in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan</news:title>
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