Germany Will Deploy Patriot Air Defence System to Southeast Turkey, Ankara Says

ANKARA, May 20 (Reuters) – Turkey said ⁠on ⁠Wednesday that Germany would ⁠send it a Patriot missile defence system ​for a six-month deployment from June to replace a ‌system deployed as part ‌of NATO measures in southeast Turkey to bolster ⁠air ⁠defences amid the war in Iran. In March, Ankara said ​a U.S. Patriot system …

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Iran threatens to take war “beyond the region” if Trump orders new U.S. attacks

6m ago Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warns it will take war “beyond the region” if U.S.-Israel strike the country again Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Wednesday that any renewed U.S. or Israeli attacks would be met with retaliation “beyond the region.” In a statement, the IRGC said it still had not brought “all …

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Explainer-Israeli Vote to Dissolve Parliament May Bring Elections Forward

JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a ⁠bill ⁠to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few ⁠weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose. An election date is yet ​to be set. Israel is supposed to hold elections every four …

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The major cases the Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks

Washington — The final weeks of the Supreme Court’s term are fast approaching, and the justices are poised to hand down decisions in some of its most significant cases before they go their separate ways for the summer. The high court has already struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and weakened the Voting Rights Act. …

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Chinese Personnel Swim, Use Boats to Evacuate People in Flood-Hit Areas

HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) – Rescue workers used ⁠boats ⁠or swam through floodwaters to ⁠evacuate people in waterlogged areas across central and southwest ​China on Wednesday after torrential rain killed at least 25 people and shut businesses, ‌schools and transport links. Heavy rain ‌is expected to continue across southern and central parts of the …

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