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US Marines stand up first medium missile battalion at Camp Lejeune, built around NMESIS
1st Battalion, 10th Marines has changed from an artillery unit to the Marine Corps' first medium missile battalion, equipped with…
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EU calls the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “null and void”: Costa and von der Leyen express solidarity with Greece and Cyprus
In a joint statement, European Council President António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Turkish–Libyan memorandum…
Africa
UN warns against early cut to Central African Republic peacekeepers as the Sudan war spills across the border
Speaking to the Security Council on 20 October, the head of MINUSCA said the war in Sudan is spilling into…
Asia-Pacific
South China Sea: Beijing says USS Charleston “illegally entered” waters near Sabina Shoal, as Taiwan and China coast guards trade messages off Pratas
China’s Southern Theatre Command says the US littoral combat ship USS Charleston entered waters near Sabina Shoal without permission. The…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Revolutionary Guards captain killed in the Qandil mountains as operations against PJAK escalate
An IRGC captain, Sina Ahmadi, was killed on October 17 in the Qandil range on the Iran–Iraq border, as Iranian…
Middle East & North Africa
Netanyahu: “Turkey wants a clash with us” – he accuses Erdogan of seeking to rule Jerusalem and return to the Ottoman Empire, and points to Israel’s F-35s and F-16s
In an interview with Channel 14’s English-language service, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Turkish President Erdogan of wanting to…
Asia-Pacific
Afghanistan: UN aid office says nearly 16 million face crisis-level hunger and warns of a worse winter
A UN humanitarian spokesperson back from field visits says food is available but unaffordable for millions, and that hunger could…
Asia-Pacific
US commander in Korea: allied industry should help sustain forces in the region, Gen. Brunson tells Washington audiences
After a three-day visit to Washington, Gen. Xavier Brunson, who leads US Forces Korea, argued for regional repair hubs built…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Saddam Haftar welcomes the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, citing “investment opportunities with Turkey”
Lt. Gen. Saddam Haftar, deputy commander of the Libyan National Army, welcomed the House of Representatives’ unanimous approval of the…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Gerapetritis speaks with Cyprus’s Kombos and Egypt’s Abdelatty after the Libyan vote on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis held phone calls with Cyprus’s Constantinos Kombos and Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday, focused on…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Athens rejects Benghazi’s vote: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum is “spurious, null and void”, says the Greek Foreign Ministry
Greece’s Foreign Ministry said the approval of the 2019 Turkish–Libyan memorandum by Libya’s House of Representatives does not change its…
Europe
Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries
Symantec says the Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, tracked as Swallowtail, targeted a warship shipyard, a military aircraft engine maker and…