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‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.
[ad_1] CALI, Colombia—They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open…
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Exclusive | Witness Photos Captured Attack on the National Guard
[ad_1] It was a pre-Thanksgiving afternoon that few Americans could have imagined: U.S. troops defending themselves in a gunfight in the streets of the…
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The Deadly Mix of Factors That Made a Hong Kong High-Rise Fire so Devastating
[ad_1] The fire spread at an astonishing pace. It started Wednesday afternoon. When Ho Wai-ho and his fellow firefighters arrived at the scene about…
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ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out
[ad_1] HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held,…
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Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, Annotated
[ad_1] President Trump has said he wants Ukraine to agree to a 28-point peace plan by Thanksgiving. The problem for Kyiv is that many…
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The Web of Venezuelan Generals Accused of Fueling the Cocaine Trade
[ad_1] For more than two decades, a loose-knit group of Venezuelan generals and senior officials has enabled the shipment of thousands of tons of…
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The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for U.S. Companies
[ad_1] Two years on, Israel’s war in Gaza might be finally drawing to a close. The conflict built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the…
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Alaska’s New Mining Rush Chases Something More Coveted Than Gold
[ad_1] ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the…
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Hundreds of Hamas Fighters Are Stuck in Tunnels in Israeli-Controlled Gaza
[ad_1] A detachment of Israeli engineering troops was demolishing tunnels behind the withdrawal line in Gaza last month when Hamas militants sprang from a…
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Japan Is Overrun With Tourists. This City Wants More.
[ad_1] NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden…
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Hezbollah Is Rearming, Putting Cease-Fire at Risk
[ad_1] The Lebanese militant group is rebuilding its battered ranks and armaments, defying the terms of the cease-fire and raising the possibility of renewed…
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Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm
[ad_1] Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is expected to produce catastrophic floods and heavy infrastructure damage in Jamaica. Flash…
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Drone Threats Ignite Burst of Counterdrone Wizardry
[ad_1] Startups from Silicon Valley to Europe and beyond are racing to develop cheap, reliable systems to counter hostile drones. [ad_2] Bertrand Benoit Source…
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Ukraine Wants Tomahawks. Trump Has to Decide if They Would Help End the War.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—The Tomahawk cruise missile that President Trump is considering for Ukraine has been the weapon of choice for decades for U.S. presidents seeking…
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Milei’s Radical Overhaul of Argentina Meets Its Match in the Humble Peso
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES—When he ran for president of Argentina, Javier Milei compared the country’s currency to excrement, telling Argentines to forget the peso and…
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Inside the West’s Race to Defend the Arctic
[ad_1] ABOARD THE MV NUNALIK—Greenland lurked in the distance as Capt. Donald Gibson rushed to the bridge of his cargo ship amid a sudden…
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Russian Drones Turn the Streets of Kherson Into a Civilian Kill Zone
[ad_1] By Oksana Grytsenko and Jane Lytvynenko | Photography by Emanuele Satolli for WSJ MYKOLAIV, Ukraine—Yaroslav Pavlivskiy waved his hands as he sprang from…
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Israel, Gaza Aid Flotilla Brace for a Confrontation at Sea
[ad_1] The pro-Palestine activists and others aboard the flotilla of boats heading for Gaza were off the coast of Crete when their marine radios…
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Russia’s Ambitious Plans in Africa Are Unraveling
[ad_1] Russia, not long ago a rising military force in Africa, is now struggling to maintain its footprint on the continent. The Kremlin’s new…
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Denmark Says New Drone Flights Over Military Base, Airports Are ‘Hybrid Attack’
[ad_1] Denmark said it had suffered a hybrid attack by a professional actor after drones were observed over several airports late on Wednesday, the…