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U.S. Embassy in Djibouti issues security alert amid regional threats, curbs routine services DJIBOUTI (AX) — The U.S. Embassy in Djibouti on Tuesday issued a security alert urging American citizens to exercise increased caution as regional tensions rise and public threats target U.S. interests. The mission said it continues to advise its personnel to avoid the area surrounding the U.S. Embassy and Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military installation adjacent to the airport. “There is no higher priority than the safety and security…

In Kharkiv, life threads through air-raid sirens as a city adapts to war’s long grind Kharkiv moves with a calm that belies its proximity to the frontline. Air-raid alerts roll across the snow and concrete, their whirling tone carried by loudspeakers and phones, yet buses, trams and the metro keep time. Pedestrians navigate the city’s broad, winter-bright boulevards as if the sirens were just another layer of weather. Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv has become a study in endurance. City…