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Nancy Pelosi condemned Azerbaijan's 'illegal' border attacks on Armenia and traveled to the Russian-ally occupied country to ask Americans' help for its nation's independence and push democracy. A delegation led by the House Speaker landed in Armenia on Saturday and attended a wreath-laying service to honor the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks. A few hundred people were killed earlier this week as a result of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Officials said the rise is largely fueled by a nearly 26% increase in Army reports, the first increase in nearly a decade, as bases lifted Covid-19 pandemic controls and public venues reopened. For years, the Pentagon has been struggling to devise plans to discourage unnecessary sexual contact, which includes everything from groping to rape, as well as encouraging more people to come forward. Although the military has made it easier and safer for service members to contact even senior officers, it has had less success in lowering the total number of assaults, which have steadily increased since 2006.