GlobalSecurity.org

21.02.2024 15:32 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will visit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Friday, three days ahead of the Hungarian parliament's expected vote on approving Sweden for membership in NATO.

21.02.2024 15:32 The UN emergency food relief agency warned that Gaza is "hanging by a thread", calling for urgent access to allow it to reach the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians on the verge of famine.

21.02.2024 15:32 The World Health Organization warns that Gaza's health system is hanging by a thread as health facilities throughout the Palestinian enclave cease to function, restrictions to access increase, medical supplies dwindle and cuts in other humanitarian aid essential for patient care grow.

21.02.2024 15:32 The UN World Food Programme is pausing deliveries of life-saving food aid to northern Gaza until conditions are in place that allow for safe distributions.

21.02.2024 15:32 Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , the UN peacekeeping mission in the country has called on the M23 rebels to cease its offensive, the UN Spokesperson said on Monday as the Security Council prepares to meet on Tuesday at 3 PM New York time to discuss the situation.

21.02.2024 15:32 Australia Tuesday announced a multibillion overhaul of its navy, which senior officials say is in response to "increasing geostrategic uncertainty."

21.02.2024 15:32 The Netherlands has decided to withdraw permits for ASML, the leader in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, to export its equipment to China on fears it may be used for military purposes.

21.02.2024 15:32 Seoul's newly forged diplomatic ties with Havana are a diplomatic setback for North Korea, which views Cuba as a brother country, according to analysts.

21.02.2024 15:32 Lawyers for Julian Assange on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort to prevent his extradition to the United States after fighting it for more than a decade.

21.02.2024 15:32 The Department of Justice joined the United Kingdom and international law enforcement partners in London today to announce the disruption of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the most active ransomware groups in the world that has targeted over 2,000 victims, received more than $120 million in ransom payments, and made ransom demands totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

21.02.2024 15:32 U.S. and British officials on February 20 announced that they had infiltrated and disrupted a Russian-linked ransomware cybercrime group known as LockBit, arresting two Russian nationals in Poland and Ukraine, and indicting two others in the United States.

21.02.2024 15:32 Today, the United States is designating two individuals who are affiliates of the Russia-based ransomware group LockBit. This action is the first in an ongoing collaborative effort with the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and our international partners targeting LockBit.

21.02.2024 15:32 A high-level meeting between the top U.S. homeland security official and his Chinese counterpart is giving Washington reason to hope that current talks may eventually help stem the flow of drugs such as fentanyl into the United States.

21.02.2024 15:32 Russia has always been against deployment of nuclear weapons in space, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

21.02.2024 15:32 Chinese coast guard officers boarded a Taiwanese sightseeing vessel near Kinmen island, then inspected its navigation plan and ship documents as the cruise ship's frightened passengers and crew members looked on, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration said.