In a significant breakthrough for security forces, three Maoists were gunned down in an encounter in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district today. The operation was carried out as part of an ongoing anti-Naxal campaign in the region, where Maoist activities have been a persistent challenge for law enforcement agencies.

According to reports, a joint team comprising personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the Special Task Force (STF), and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched the operation based on intelligence inputs regarding Maoist movement along the Bijapur-Dantewada border. As the security forces advanced towards the identified location, they were met with heavy gunfire from the Maoists, prompting them to retaliate. The gun battle lasted for several hours before the security forces gained control of the area.

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Ethiopia’s army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war.

The Fano militia fought alongside the army and Eritrean forces in a two-year civil war that pitted Addis Ababa against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the northern region of Tigray.

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The IDF on Friday evening struck military strategic capabilities that remained at the Syrian military bases of Tadmur and T4, said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

“The IDF will continue to act in order to remove any threat posed to the citizens of the State of Israel,” it added.

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President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on the Houthi-held areas in Yemen on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-backed rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. The Houthis said at least 31 people were killed, and Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that the strikes had successfully targeted “multiple” Houthi leaders.

“Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom,” Trump said in a social media post. “No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World.”

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Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the tensions have warned, risking another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa.

Direct clashes between two of Africa’s largest armies would signal the death blow for a historic rapprochement for which Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and could draw in other regional powers, analysts said.

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