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First Line News Articles for Saturday, May 9 2026
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Japan Fires Missile in Joint Drill With US, Allies
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces fired a Type 88 anti-ship missile during a joint maritime exercise with U.S., Australian, and Philippine forces on Wednesday, hitting a decommissioned Philippine Navy ship in waters facing the South China Sea.
DHS: Iran Conflict May Have Motivated Trump Shooting Suspect
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration.
U.S. kills 3 in suspected drug-smuggling boat strike; toll hits 190
The U.S. military said late Tuesday it killed three people in its latest strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, raising the death toll from the Trump administration’s military campaign against alleged drug smugglers to at least 190.
North Korea revises constitution to drop reunification goal
North Korea has revised its constitution to remove all references to reunification with South Korea, a document shared by Seoul’s Unification Ministry showed Wednesday, formalizing leader Kim Jong Un’s push to redefine inter-Korean ties as relations between two separate states.
















