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20.12.2024 11:31 Taiwan Army troops stationed in the offshore Penghu County conducted a live-fire drill Wednesday night, as part of a monthly exercise, the military said Thursday.

20.12.2024 11:31 The Control Yuan on Thursday censured the Navy Command Headquarters for its handling of an incident that resulted in the loss of three submariners at sea last year.

20.12.2024 11:31 The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act , including military articles and training worth up to US$300 million to support Taiwan.

20.12.2024 11:31 China increased its military pressure on Taiwan in 2023 and took other steps in preparation for a potential invasion, according to an annual report published by the United States Department of Defense on Wednesday .

20.12.2024 11:31 In response to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's claim that the Taiwan question is not just China's domestic affair, as a crisis in the Taiwan region would affect the world, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and Taiwan question is purely an internal affair of China, not subject to any external interference.

20.12.2024 11:31 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara would have no reason to interfere in anti-terrorism efforts in Syria if the new administration handles the problem "properly."

20.12.2024 11:31 Addressing the 11th D-8 Summit, President Erdoğan said: "We work to contribute to the establishment of stability in Syria. We emphasize at every opportunity the importance we attach to the restoration of Syria's territorial integrity and unity. Our sincerest expectation is the reconstruction of a terror-free Syria where all ethnic groups live side by side in peace."

20.12.2024 11:31 A sea-launched version of Ceres I solid propellent rocket blasted off in East China's Shandong Province at 6:18 pm on Tuesday, sending four satellites into low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 850 kilometers.

20.12.2024 11:31 In response to remarks made by White House director of drug-control policy that progress had been made with China on fentanyl since China-US summit in San Francisco in November 2023 and progress cannot be allowed to slow down, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated the cooperation in drug control is one of the important consensuses reached during the meeting between the two heads

20.12.2024 11:31 The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has brought charges before the Federal Criminal Court against two Swiss nationals aged 22 and 28. The OAG alleges that the two residents of Canton Zurich, who have prior convictions, initially supported the banned terrorist group 'Islamic State' and then subsequently became members.

20.12.2024 11:31 California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of Avian influenza A , commonly known as bird flu, which has infected 34 people in the Golden State.

20.12.2024 11:31 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at the annual press conference that relations between Russia and China have reached "an unprecedented level" as a result of the high level of mutual trust between both countries, Xinhua News Agency reported.

20.12.2024 11:31 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the initiative of the Uzbekistani side.

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20.12.2024 11:31 A court in Moscow charged Uzbek citizen Ahmat Qurbanov on December 19 with terrorism and other charges in the high-profile killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces.