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By Mike Stone and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone killed the leader of al Qaeda, causing surprisingly little damage beyond the target, suggesting they may be a version of the missile shrouded in secrecy and used by the United States to avoid non-combatant casualties. Officials said the missiles …

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By Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri delivered a long-sought win for U.S. President Joe Biden’s counter-terrorism strategy, officials and experts said on Tuesday, but also sharpened concerns about militants’ presence in Afghanistan. As the last U.S. troops and intelligence officers left …

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By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, seemed harmless to neighbours when he was a young man growing up in a leafy Cairo suburb. “Years went by, and then all of a sudden we heard about Ayman al-Zawahiri doing all these …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese military has been put on high alert and will launch “targeted military operations” in response to U.S. House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China’s defence ministry said on Tuesday night. Separately, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it will conduct joint military operations near Taiwan from Tuesday night. …

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By Yimou Lee and Christopher Bing TAIPEI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Digital attacks against Taiwanese government websites ahead of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Tapei on Tuesday were likely launched by Chinese activist hackers rather than the Chinese government, a cybersecurity research organisation said. The website of Taiwan’s presidential office was targeted by …

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By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 30 years ago, U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi angered China’s government by showing up in Tiananmen Square and unfurling a banner honoring dissidents killed in the 1989 protests. On Tuesday, as speaker of the House of Representatives, Pelosi disregarded China’s fiery warnings and landed in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday with a clear message for China, saying the U.S. commitment to a democratic Taiwan is more important than ever. In a visit that drew immediate condemnation from Beijing, Pelosi became the first official visit to Taiwan by a speaker of the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must remember its vow “to support the defense of Taiwan” as its democracy remains “under threat” from China, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a Washington Post opinion piece published on Tuesday, moments after she arrived in Taiwan on a visit that risks bringing relations between Washington and …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers were on strike on Tuesday over a hefty hike in ticket prices to see the country’s famous Komodo dragons, a move the government insists is to preserve the habitat of one of the world’s largest lizards. The fee to access two of the main islands of the …

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