80 people freed from Australian migrant centers since High Court outlawed indefinite detention | AP News

80 people freed from Australian migrant centers since High Court outlawed indefinite detention | AP News

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eighty people, including convicted criminals considered dangerous, have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention was unconstitutional, the immigration minister said Monday.A member of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority won freedom Wednesday when the court outlawed his indefinite detention. Australia

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Dubai Air Show opening as aviation soars following pandemic lockdowns, even as wars cloud horizon | AP News

Dubai Air Show opening as aviation soars following pandemic lockdowns, even as wars cloud horizon | AP News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The biennial Dubai Air Show opens Monday as airlines are poised to make major aircraft purchases after rebounding from the groundings of the coronavirus pandemic, even as Israel’s war with Hamas clouds regional security.That conflict, as well as Russia’s war on Ukraine, likely will influence the five-day show at

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Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza | AP News

Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza | AP News

A FRENCH ARMY BASE, France (AP) — Battle cries pierce the smoke and rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire as Ukrainian soldiers fight through and take enemy trenches and dugouts that hide gruesome, bloody remains.“Grenade!” one screams in Ukrainian. Another yells: “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” This time, no lives or limbs were lost. Because

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US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops | AP News

US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility, according to the Pentagon and U.S. officials. It marks the third time in a bit more than two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for what has

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