{
  "id": 853016,
  "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone over eastern Latvian airspace: Defence ministry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-eastern-latvian-airspace-defence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:30:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
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    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-eastern-latvian-airspace-defence-ministry-2-1.500640699"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Latvia's defence ministry on Friday confirmed NATO jets shot down a drone over eastern Latvian airspace, following an announcement from its military. NATO \"fighter jets have successfully shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare,\" the ministry wrote on X. An orange airspace alert was issued shortly before 4am local time in…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone in Latvian airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-in-latvian-airspace",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:45:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone in Latvian airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-in-latvian-airspace-855906",
        "published": "2026-08-14T09:32:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}