US Military Strikes Kill 11 in Latest Anti-Drug Operation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - American forces launched attacks on three alleged drug-smuggling boats, resulting in the deaths of 11 individuals, according to US military officials. The strikes, part of a broader campaign against alleged traffickers, occurred on Monday in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean. This brings the total number of fatalities caused by US strikes to 145 since September, when Donald Trump called on American armed forces to attack people deemed narco-terrorists, according to The Guardian.
The US Southern Command posted video of the strikes on social media, as reported by The Guardian. The military action is part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking.
In other international news, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in the Kremlin, where he criticized new US restrictions on Cuba as "unacceptable," according to Russian state news agencies, as reported by Al Jazeera. Putin stated, "We do not accept anything like this."
Also, Donald Trump criticized the United Kingdom's plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a day after the United States Department of State gave its official approval of the deal, according to Al Jazeera. Trump said that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was making a "big mistake" in the agreement to return sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, and lease back the island of Diego Garcia, which is home to a UK-US military base.
Meanwhile, international diplomats condemned Israel's push to deepen control over the occupied West Bank and its continued restrictions on supplies of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip during a special United Nations Security Council meeting on Israel-Palestine, according to Al Jazeera. Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar told the Security Council on Wednesday that intensified diplomatic efforts are under way to consolidate the ceasefire and alleviate suffering.
In other news, a private Indian university is facing heavy backlash after a professor appeared to present a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own innovation at a top AI summit, prompting officials to ask it to vacate its stall, according to Al Jazeera.
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