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27.04.2024 14:10 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday a military aid package for Ukraine valued at up to $6 billion that will allow the U.S. to help build up Ukraine's defense industry. Austin said the U.S. would send the anticipated aid "as soon as possible."

27.04.2024 14:10 Today, as we commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group led by Secretary Austin, the Department of Defense announced a historic new security assistance package to address Ukraine's ongoing battlefield needs and demonstrate unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine. This package, provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative using funding appropriated by the national security supplemental which the President just

27.04.2024 14:10 The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean while on a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment, April 26.

27.04.2024 14:10 On Friday, 26 April 2024, the Swedish Defence Commission submitted its final report on the development of the military defence, Strengthened defence capability, Sweden as an Ally, to Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin.

27.04.2024 14:10 Israel has a clear timeline for carrying out an operation in the Gaza Strip's southernmost city of Rafah and it will not allow Palestinian movement Hamas to conduct "another round of pointless talks for the purpose of fraud," the Axios news portal reported on Friday, citing senior Israeli officials.

27.04.2024 14:10 Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.

27.04.2024 14:10 A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency UNRWA were involved in the 7 October Hamas-led attacks has closed one of the cases because Israel had not provided any supporting evidence, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday.

27.04.2024 14:10 As student protests against Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza continue at more than three dozen American universities, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the demonstrations were "a hallmark" of American democracy. At the same time, he criticized the students for their "silence" on Hamas.

27.04.2024 14:10 Escalating violence in Sudan's North Darfur state has left dozens dead and people trapped in El Fasher city, which is home to around 800,000 people, many displaced due to fighting.

27.04.2024 14:10 The Somali government has admitted that rations for the elite Somali soldiers trained by the United States have been diverted within a unit of its forces.

27.04.2024 14:10 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed "serious concern" about China's support for Russia's defense industry on Friday, warning Chinese leaders that Washington could impose sanctions over the matter.

27.04.2024 14:10 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-day visit to China on Friday with talks with President Xi Jinping and a vow that the recent dialogue between the rival powers was reducing the risk of "misunderstanding and miscalculation" that could cause conflict.

27.04.2024 14:10 China has expressed "grave concern" about the possibility of Japan joining the AUKUS security pact, saying it would undermine peace and stability in the region and the world.

27.04.2024 14:10 A European parliamentary aide arrested in Germany for spying for China was a familiar presence in the overseas pro-democracy movement, had visited the Dalai Lama, and was well-placed to convey sensitive information back to Beijing, activists told Radio Free Asia in recent interviews.

27.04.2024 14:10 British officials formally charged two men Friday with spying on behalf of China in the latest in a series of European arrests of suspected Chinese intelligence agents.