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23.03.2024 15:51 The Vyorstka Telegram channel on March 22 cited four sources close to the presidential office and Defense Ministry as saying that Moscow plans to soon announce a new wave of military mobilization that would seek to enlist up to 300,000 people to bolster its troops involved in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

23.03.2024 15:51 A North Korean diplomatic delegation is in China for talks on strengthening cooperation, marking the highest-ranking official talks between the two nations since Pyongyang lifted COVID-19 lockdown.

23.03.2024 15:51 In India, the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has triggered an outcry from opposition parties that accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of targeting the opposition weeks before the country heads into a national election.

23.03.2024 15:51 Taiwan has been grappling with debates over the last week about a potential visit to an island in the disputed South China Sea by its outgoing president.

23.03.2024 15:51 The U.S. Army awarded a contract on March 5 to Olin Winchester, the operating contractor of Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, for construction of a facility to manufacture ammunition for the Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon. This contract supports modernization activities at LCAAP, a key government-owned, contractor-operated Army ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri.

23.03.2024 15:51 The U.N. Security Council failed again Friday to demand a Gaza cease-fire after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution supporting a halt to the fighting.

23.03.2024 15:51 The Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have determined the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza due to a veto cast by two permanent members of the Council — China and the Russian Federation — while some speakers criticized the text for being ambiguous and lacking attribution to the Israeli authorities in several key areas.

23.03.2024 15:51 China has protested against a marine research expedition launched by Filipino scientists in Sandy Cay, a group of rocks seen as strategically important for both countries within the Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

23.03.2024 15:51 As Haiti's transitional government struggles to take shape, the island nation's powerful gangs have continued to make advances in the capital Port-au-Prince, a United Nations official said Thursday.

23.03.2024 15:51 The World Health Organization warns that hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and disease have reached alarming levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially in the east, where a resurgence of fighting between armed groups and government forces has uprooted millions of people from their homes.

23.03.2024 15:51 Just hours after Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, made minor changes to his cabinet, he also appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to be head of the military. Analysts say the appointment puts Museveni's son in line to be president - but only if Museveni, in power for nearly four decades, is unable to continue.

23.03.2024 15:51 HongKong SAR Chief Executive John Lee has signed the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council, which will take effect on March 23. It signifies that the HKSAR has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility as stipulated in Article 23 of the Basic Law to enact local legislation to safeguard national security, and accomplished a historic mission, living up to the trust placed in

23.03.2024 15:51 The Army is moving toward a future where soldier formations will be more efficient and lethal thanks to the integration of advanced technology both on the ground and in the air, according to the service's chief of staff.

23.03.2024 15:51 The Defense Department is making investments in strategic force capabilities in the fiscal 2025 budget in order to meet the security challenges posed by competitors, such as nuclear-capable China and Russia, as well as Iran and North Korea, a DOD official said.

23.03.2024 15:51 The Pentagon's senior technology officials provided an update to Congress today on the Defense Department's steps to ensure warfighters maintain the information and technology edge into the future.