Articles for tag: Conflicts, DRIVE, Global, increase, Military, spending

April 22, 2024

A representational image showing armed soldiers aiming at a target during training. — AFP/File The US and Russia boost military spending by 2% and 24%, respectively. SIPRI highlights a large share of GDP going to the military. NATO accounts for 55% of global military spending. STOCKHOLM: As the world continues to be affected by various armed conflicts, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s attack on Gaza, global military spending is set to grow 7% in 2023, the highest since 2009, to 2.43 trillion dollars. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading think-tank based in Sweden,

December 20, 2023

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The Indian state of Manipur is burying victims of ethnic conflicts

GUWAHATI: More than 80 people killed in ethnic clashes in India’s northeastern Manipur state over the past seven months were laid to rest on Wednesday, officials said, as sporadic violence continued in the region. At least 180 people have been killed since fierce fighting broke out between members of the majority Meitei and the minority Kuki community in May, after a court ruling suggested privileges granted to Kukis should be extended to Meiteis. Previous efforts to perform the last rites of the deceased have been marred by inter-communal clashes, which have prevented the handover of bodies to relatives, as well

November 4, 2023

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International

Israeli jets strike Lebanon as Hezbollah fires more powerful missile

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it carried out simultaneous attacks on Israeli positions on the Lebanese border on Saturday, as residents of southern Lebanon reported some of the heaviest Israeli strikes to date during weeks of cross-border clashes. Israel’s military said its warplanes struck Hezbollah targets in response to an earlier attack from Lebanese soil and accompanied the airstrikes with artillery and tank shelling. A Lebanese source familiar with Hezbollah’s attacks said the group fired a powerful rocket not yet used in combat, saying it hit an Israeli position across the border from the villages of Ayta al-Shaab and Rmeich. Hezbollah

October 30, 2023

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International

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is working to limit heavy casualties in the clashes in Israel

BEIRUT: With dozens of Hezbollah fighters killed in three weeks of border clashes with Israel, the Lebanese group is working to limit its losses as it prepares for the possibility of a protracted conflict, three sources familiar with its thinking said. The Iran-backed group has lost 47 fighters to Israeli strikes on the Lebanese border since Hamas’s Palestinian ally and Israel went to war on October 7 – about a fifth of the death toll in a full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. With most of its fighters killed in Israeli drone strikes, Hezbollah revealed its surface-to-air missile

Conflicts drive ‘7% increase’ in global military spending by 2023

The Indian state of Manipur is burying victims of ethnic conflicts

Israeli jets strike Lebanon as Hezbollah fires more powerful missile

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is working to limit heavy casualties in the clashes in Israel

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