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23.02.2024 18:30 The United States says increasing military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is a "concern," amid reports that Iran has delivered multiple shipments of ballistic missiles to Russia.

23.02.2024 18:30 A recent decision by Iraq's top court has raised concerns among Kurdish groups about the future of their autonomous region in the north.

23.02.2024 18:30 Any plans Chinese President Xi Jinping has to invade Taiwan are "foolish" and "would fail," U.S. lawmaker and China hawk Mike Gallagher said during a trip to the democratic island on Thursday.

23.02.2024 18:30 President-elect Lai Ching-te has vowed to continue to support the Coast Guard Administration's "firm enforcement of the law" following a fatal capsizing off the coast of Kinmen last week.

23.02.2024 18:30 The U.S. Justice Department on February 22 announced enforcement actions in five separate federal cases against sanctioned Russian oligarchs and networks supporting Russia.

23.02.2024 18:30 Britain has expanded its sanctions against Russian companies and individuals and entities outside Russia that are suspected of aiding in the circumvention of existing sanctions, the U.K. government said on February 22.

23.02.2024 18:30 The new EU ambassador to the United States has arrived in Washington at a time when tough issues related to the war in Ukraine are at the top of the international agenda as the conflict grinds toward its two-year anniversary on February 24.

23.02.2024 18:30 For years, French President Emmanuel Macron has argued for a stronger, more independent European defense. "What Europe, Defense Europe, lacks most today is a common strategic culture," he said in a 2017 speech at Sorbonne University in Paris.

23.02.2024 18:30 Israel says new attempts are underway to reach a cease-fire with Hamas to temporarily halt fighting in Gaza and secure the release of the 100 or so hostages still being held by the militants.

23.02.2024 18:30 The UN agency serving Palestine refugees has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the associated funding freeze, just when it is needed most, said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.

23.02.2024 18:30 The head of the embattled U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees warned Thursday that it is at a "breaking point," and its ability to assist millions of Palestinians is "seriously threatened."

23.02.2024 18:30 The United Nations' top Middle East envoy told the U.N. Security Council after a visit to the Gaza Strip this week that what he saw was "shocking and unsustainable," and that the humanitarian situation is "desperate."

23.02.2024 18:30 "We are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the suffering of the hostages as well as the Israeli government's plans for a possible ground operation in Rafah, where well over a million Palestinians are currently sheltering from the fighting."

23.02.2024 18:30 China Coast Guard ship 5901, known as "The Monster" for its size, has returned to the waters near Vanguard Bank in the South China Sea, where Vietnam has some important oil and gas fields.

23.02.2024 18:30 United Nations experts on discrimination against women and girls have called on the international community to formally recognize "gender apartheid" as a crime against humanity.