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White House Scoffs at Beijing’s New Map, ‘False Maritime Claims’

WASHINGTON — The United States will continue to push back against Beijing’s “false maritime claims,” said John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, in response to China’s newly released 2023 map that has drawn the ire of India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines.

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US Will Await European Investigations into Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

U.S. officials say they will await the findings of three independent European investigations into the September blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

Cameroon Becomes a Go-To Country for Foreign Fishing Vessels

Off the coast of West Africa, the Trondheim is a familiar sight: a soccer field-sized ship, plying the waters from Nigeria to Mauritania as it pulls in tons of mackerel and sardines — and flying the..

Houthi Actions Turn Yemen Ports Into Legitimate Targets

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it thinks the use by Houthi forces of two ports as military bases would turn them into legitimate military targets, coalition spokesman Brigadier..

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Clashes between two rival factions of the security forces in a port city in northeast Somalia have forced hundreds of families to flee their homes.

Biden Floats Bigger Role for US Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard will play a greater role in making sure "every country" respects international norms on the seas, President Joe Biden declared Wednesday.

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White House Scoffs at Beijing’s New Map, ‘False Maritime Claims’

US Will Await European Investigations into Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

Cameroon Becomes a Go-To Country for Foreign Fishing Vessels

Houthi Actions Turn Yemen Ports Into Legitimate Targets

Clashes in Northeast Somalia Force Thousands to Flee

Biden Floats Bigger Role for US Coast Guard

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