Morning brief: US extends support to ousted Niger leader after coup, Russian strike on Dnipro, and more
Morning brief
The US on Friday (July 28) expressed its full support to Niger's ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum and warned coup leaders from the military that the country could lose millions of dollars in aid if concerns raised by Washington DC are not addressed.
In a major development from Ukraine, a Russian missile allegedly hit an apartment block in Dnipro city on Friday, injuring at least nine people, including two children.
And former Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane has said that the Chinese angle in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out, given Beijing's steadfast support to insurgent groups in India's northeast.
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United States extends its 'unflagging' support to Niger's ousted leader post-coup
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken extended steadfast support to Niger's ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum Washington, and gave a warning to those detaining him that "hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance" was at risk, said the State Department on Friday (July 28).
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