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Philippines says sailor severely injured in South China Sea collision

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MANILA — The Chinese coast guard boarded Philippine navy vessels and damaged and confiscated equipment in a confrontation that left a sailor severely injured this week, the Philippines announced Wednesday, in a stark escalation of tensions over the highly contested South China Sea. According to Philippine officials, Chinese vessels on Monday rammed Philippine ships to … Read more

US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday, after one merchant sailor went missing following an earlier Houthi strike on a ship. The attacks come as the … Read more