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Turkish air strikes target northern Iraq and Syria

Turkey’s military has carried out air raids against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq and Syria.

The overnight air raids destroyed 23 targets, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday.

The upswing in the conflict began on Friday when nine Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in northern Iraq.

Ankara responded with air attacks and military operations in the area, as well as in northern Syria.

The latest air raids were carried out on Monday at 10pm (19:00 GMT) in the Metina, Gara, Hakurk and Qandil regions of northern Iraq, close to the city of Erbil, as well as in northern Syria.

Turkish forces regularly strike PKK fighters based in the mountains of northern Iraq.

The tension spilling over from the war in Gaza is provoking increasing levels of violence across the region, and northern Iraq and Syria is one hotspot. »

Quebec man who blamed wildfires on government pleads guilty to setting 14 fires

Authored by cbc.ca

A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes.

The Lake Cavan fire was by far the biggest set by Paré, burning nearly 873 hectares of forest, she said.

While he denied causing the fires, she said Paré "demonstrated a certain interest in fires" during the interview, which led police to suspect him. »

Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games

Authored by kotaku.com

And a big part of this, says the publisher’s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, is getting players “comfortable” with not owning their games.

It’s hard to keep up with how often Ubisoft has rebranded its online portals for its games, with Uplay, Ubisoft Game Launcher, Ubisoft Connect, Uplay+, Uplay Passport, Ubisoft Club, and now Ubisoft+ Premium and Ubisoft+ Classics, all names used over the last decade or so.

It’s also seemed faintly bewildering why there’s a demand for any of them, given Ubisoft released only five non-mobile games last year. »

U.S. forces recovered Iranian warheads in Navy SEAL mission gone awry

Authored by washingtonpost.com

American military personnel recovered Iranian-made missile warheads and related components during a ship-boarding mission near Somalia last week that disrupted the weapons resupply of militants in Yemen but left two elite Navy SEALs lost at sea, U.S. defense officials said.

As The Washington Post and other media previously reported, Thursday’s nighttime operation, backed by helicopters and drones, took place in rough seas.

Though it has been days since the two Navy SEALs went missing, the Pentagon remains hopeful that they will be found alive. »

Vivek Ramaswamy ends presidential campaign

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy ended his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Monday night after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses.

From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy appears in a sixth-grade musical performance at his school in Sharonville, Ohio, in 1997.

From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy speaks at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia in 2015. »