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16.03.2024 12:10 The French company Naval will build new submarines for the Netherlands Ministry of Defence. This provisional award decision was made following a careful tendering process. On behalf of the Dutch government, State Secretary for Defence Christophe van der Maat announced the winning shipyard today at Den Helder Naval Base.

16.03.2024 12:10 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Italy of AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $90.6 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

16.03.2024 12:10 The Israeli military says a ship carrying 200 tons of humanitarian supplies for Gaza reached the enclave Friday and unloaded its cargo, inaugurating a sea route from Cyprus meant to help ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

16.03.2024 12:10 Vietnam has requested that China respect international law and bilateral agreements with Hanoi after Beijing drew a new baseline in the Gulf of Tonkin.

16.03.2024 12:10 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the proposed transitional council in Haiti, meant to provide a political transition and bring stability to the troubled Caribbean nation, was still not set, but he expressed confidence it would be in the coming days.

16.03.2024 12:10 More than a third of Russia's eligible voters cast ballots in person and online on the first day of the country's three-day presidential election, the Central Election Commission said after polls closed on March 15 in the country's westernmost region of Kaliningrad.

16.03.2024 12:10 About a dozen Russians, defying threats from authorities of long prison sentences, have vandalized ballot boxes and polling stations across the country in protest of a presidential election that is almost certain to hand Vladimir Putin six more years as president.

16.03.2024 12:10 China conducted joint military drills this week with Russia and Iran in the Gulf of Oman, a critical water conduit near the entry to the Persian Gulf.

16.03.2024 12:10 A new, closer diplomatic relationship between Australia and Vietnam is drawing warnings from China against forming "exclusive circles" in the Indo-Pacific region.

16.03.2024 12:10 The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on March 15, 2024 for Mid Life Upgrade of 25 Dornier Aircraft along with associated equipment for the Indian Navy at a cost of Rs

16.03.2024 12:10 A Reuters report on the US' covert influence operations against China and the Central Intelligence Agency chief's pledge of more China-targeted resources corroborated each other and again demonstrated the US' continuous disinformation campaign and cognitive warfare against China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Friday's routine press briefing.

16.03.2024 12:10 Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is taking action against Marshall Islands-registered shipping company Vishnu Inc., whose vessel, the LADY SOFIA, is involved in illicit shipments to the People's Republic of China in support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and Houthi financial facilitator Sa'id al-Jamal, who is sanctioned under U.S. counterterrorism authorities.

16.03.2024 12:10 Documents apparently hacked from an Iranian government database and published exclusively by VOA's Persian Service have shed new light on how Iran's Islamist rulers covered up casualties from violent crackdowns on mostly peaceful mass protests and falsely labeled them as riots in recent years.

16.03.2024 12:10 In the clearest sign yet that a military draft will soon go into effect in Myanmar, junta authorities are summoning draft-eligible youths and taking information door-to-door throughout the largest city of Yangon, residents said Friday.

16.03.2024 12:10 The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office firmly supports the law enforcement patrols implemented by the mainland coast guard authorities in waters near Kinmen, as they are legitimate actions to maintain order in the relevant maritime areas, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press briefing on Friday.