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17.12.2024 16:41 The text of the following statement was released by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the High Representative of the European Union.

17.12.2024 16:41 The United States on Monday announced new sanctions tied to both North Korea's missile-building program and its deployment of troops to Ukraine, coming amid reports of casualties of North Korean troops along Russia's border with Ukraine.

17.12.2024 16:41 The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control today sanctioned nine individuals and seven entities that have provided financial and military support to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . Also, today, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned three targets related to the DPRK's ballistic missile program. These actions reflect the DPRK's escalating provocation and hostile military posturing that exacerbate

17.12.2024 16:41 The United States is moving to fill the power vacuum in central Syria, worried the Islamic State terror group is looking to exploit the victory of Syrian rebels over forces loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad.

17.12.2024 16:41 Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he only left the country in the late hours of December 8 after a Russian air base allegedly came under attack by rebel forces and officials in Moscow ordered "an immediate evacuation."

17.12.2024 16:41 U.S. Central Command forces conducted precision air strikes today targeting ISIS camps and operatives in Syria, the Defense Department has announced.

17.12.2024 16:41 The Council today decided to prolong the mandate of the EU Naval Force Operation ATALANTA and ofthe EU's military training mission in Somalia until 28 February 2027, adding to its decision of 5 December to prolong the mandate of the EU's civilian capacity-building mission until the same date.

17.12.2024 16:41 Under a defense treaty newly ratified by the Philippine Senate, Japan and the Philippines can deploy troops on each other's soil for military exercises, as the two allied nations contend with territorial challenges from China.

17.12.2024 16:41 Authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed in the enclave in the last 14 months, as humanitarians condemned new deadly airstrikes across the war-torn Strip, including on a UN school-turned-shelter.

17.12.2024 16:41 Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov submitted his resignation on December 16 amid an unfolding scandal surrounding the detention of senior officials from the State Tax Service.

17.12.2024 16:41 Hungary and Slovakia - both with populist, pro-Russian leaders -- on December 16 blocked a proposed package of European Union sanctions against leading Georgian officials for that government's violent crackdown on pro-West protesters over recent weeks. on December 16 blocked a proposed package of European Union sanctions against leading Georgian officials for that government's violent crackdown on pro-West protesters over recent weeks.

17.12.2024 16:41 There are more than one million drones lawfully registered with the FAA in the United States and there are thousands of commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones lawfully in the sky on any given day.

17.12.2024 16:41 A new UN plan for Libya aims to overcome political deadlock, put the country back on the path to long-awaited presidential elections and renew the legitimacy of its institutions, the Security Council heard on Monday.

17.12.2024 16:41 The people of Libya are yearning to choose their leaders, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, as she outlined a detailed plan to help the country to hold overdue national elections, following the recent municipal polls held after a decade-long hiatus.

17.12.2024 16:41 For the first time ever, the Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 16 individuals and three entities responsible for Russia's destabilising actions abroad. These measures are in response to Russia's malicious actions and its lack of respect for a rules-based international order and international law.