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  Last update: 22:22 11.12.2019

  22:22 11.12.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  After Banning Transfer, Pentagon Makes Plans for Buying F-35s Once Destined for Turkey

  US defense leaders and lawmakers are making plans for what to do with the six F-35As already built for Turkey, now that it seems certain Ankara will never be allowed to buy them. Millions of dollars are being set aside to store the advanced jets, which the Air Force will get first pick at buying.

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  Last update: 01:23 12.12.2019

  01:23 12.12.2019

  Middle East

  Deadline Passes for Israeli Lawmakers, Voters Set to Head to Polls in New Year

  The Knesset's failure to nominate a candidate for prime minister has prompted the dissolution of its 22nd convocation and triggered what will be Israel's third round of voting in less than a year.

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  Last update: 02:00 12.12.2019

  02:00 12.12.2019

  Opinion

  IG Report Limited by ‘Very Narrow’ Bias Definition, Missed ‘Poisonous Atmosphere’ Behind Russiagate

  Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz just barely “lifted up the blanket” covering the origins of Russiagate, but US Attorney John Durham’s wide-ranging report will remove the whole blanket, exposing the Russophobic paranoia behind when the FBI “went rogue,” author and journalist Daniel Lazare told Sputnik Wednesday.

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  Last update: 01:55 12.12.2019

  01:55 12.12.2019

  US

  US House Passes $738Bln 2020 Defence Spending Bill

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US House of Representatives has passed the 2020 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) that includes provisions stipulating sanctions against Russia and Turkey.

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  Last update: 00:55 12.12.2019

  00:55 12.12.2019

  Tech

  US Cybersecurity Firm Accuses DPRK Hackers of Partnering With ‘Russian Botnet Operation’

  A new cybersecurity report asserts that North Korea-based hackers belonging to Lazarus Group have recently teamed up with the “most resourceful Russian botnet operation on the landscape.”

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  Last update: 00:08 12.12.2019

  00:08 12.12.2019

  Latin America

  Chilean Air Force Discovers Debris Believed to be From Missing C-130 Aircraft

  Chilean officials announced Wednesday afternoon they had located debris from a Chilean Air Force C-130 transport that disappeared the previous day while bound for Antarctica.

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  Last update: 01:51 12.12.2019

  01:51 12.12.2019

  World

  Canada Federal Court Sides With Bank Staffer Who Says He Was Denied Promotion Because He Wasn’t Gay

  The Federal Court of Canada has ruled that the Canadian Human Rights Commission improperly dismissed Aaren Jagadeesh's discrimination complaint based on sexual orientation, as the defendant claimed he was not promoted because he wasn’t gay or bi.

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  Last update: 22:03 11.12.2019

  22:03 11.12.2019

  US

  Rude Awakening: Naked Model Reportedly Faces Armed Robber at Her Home

  The perpetrator apparently ended up fleeing the model’s residence after discovering that her safe, which she opened as per his demands, turned out to be empty.