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US and Finland sign critical minerals framework and Technology Prosperity Deal in Washington
Secretary of State Rubio and Finnish Foreign Minister Valtonen signed two memoranda in Washington on 29 October, covering critical minerals…
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NORAD flies F-16s from remote Eareckson Air Station in Alaska, joined by F-35s and Canadian CF-18s in a binational homeland defense mission
NORAD kept U.S. Air Force F-16s on alert at Eareckson Air Station from 18 to 26 October and used them on 25 October in a binational mission with…
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UK tells OSCE that Russia’s justifications for its war on Ukraine do not withstand scrutiny, citing UN figures of 328 civilians killed in September
At the OSCE in Vienna on 29 October the UK rejected four Russian justifications for the invasion and asked Moscow…
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The occupation regime bristles at Abbas’s visit to Nicosia: its “foreign ministry” speaks of “sorrow”
The illegal regime in the occupied north complained about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s visit to the Republic of Cyprus, where…
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Rubio and Hungary’s Orbán sign energy and anti-left-wing-violence memoranda in Washington
The U.S. Secretary of State and Hungary's foreign minister signed two memoranda on 29 October: one on energy diversification under…
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Mitsotakis at the UN Security Council: Greece calls for a global maritime truce as attacks on shipping spread
Chairing a Security Council debate under Greece’s presidency, Prime Minister Mitsotakis said targeting civilian commercial shipping is unacceptable and called…
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Taiwan tracks more than 50 Chinese ships from southern Japan to the Philippines
Taiwan’s National Security Council chief Joseph Wu says more than 50 Chinese naval, coast guard and other state vessels are…
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Naim Qassem: “It does not concern us who governs Israel” – Hezbollah rules out disarmament and rejects the Lebanon–Israel framework agreement
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Yemen: UN says more than 281,000 displaced since August, with Taiz aid routes cut and a hospital and ambulance hit
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UK tells OSCE that Russia’s justifications for its war on Ukraine do not withstand scrutiny, citing UN figures of 328 civilians killed in September
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Proposal: the Dutch AEV 3 Kodiak engineer vehicles on a Leopard 2 hull could fill a long-standing gap in the Hellenic Army
The Netherlands will replace its ten AEV 3 Kodiak armoured engineer vehicles. Opinion: acquiring them at surplus prices could give…
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Opinion: Phase C of the new force structure – Electronic warfare needs a plan, funding and a test range, not just a slide
Greece’s new force structure recognises the electromagnetic spectrum as a domain of operations, but announced no funding, equipment or timetable…
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UN resolutions on Cyprus explained: what 353, 541 and 550 demand
The UN Security Council demanded an end to Turkey’s intervention in Cyprus in 1974 and declared the 1983 secession invalid.…
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Aegean islands demilitarisation explained: what the treaties say
Lausanne 1923, the Straits Convention and the 1947 Paris treaty are cited in the Aegean demilitarisation dispute. Here is what…