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18.04.2024 18:41 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the country's military in his evening address on Wednesday for a "precise strike" on Dzhankoi, a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea.

18.04.2024 18:41 House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back on April 16 against mounting anger within his own party over proposed U.S. security aid for Ukraine, Israel, and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.

18.04.2024 18:41 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on April 16 that 20 countries had pledged enough money to buy 500,000 artillery shells under the Czech Republic's international fundraising drive to buy badly needed ammunition for the Ukrainian Army.

18.04.2024 18:41 The Australian Government has released the inaugural National Defence Strategy and 2024 Integrated Investment Program .

18.04.2024 18:41 Today, the Albanese Government has released the inaugural National Defence Strategy, which sets out a fundamentally new approach to the defence of Australia and our interests.

18.04.2024 18:41 The Albanese Government has boosted Defence spending to deliver the 2024 National Defence Strategy and build an integrated, focused force that is ready to deter potential threats.

18.04.2024 18:41 U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday voiced his strong support for more military aid for Ukraine and Israel and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza after House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House of Representatives will vote on the funding packages Saturday night.

18.04.2024 18:41 Canada has joined NATO's Air Battle Decisive Munitions framework, which reduces the costs and delivery times of ammunition.

18.04.2024 18:41 UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that "critical changes" are needed to improve aid access into Gaza, as they launched a $2.8 billion appeal to provide urgent assistance for millions of people in the devastated enclave, but also in the West Bank, where Palestinians have been targeted by increasing settler violence.

18.04.2024 18:41 The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees briefed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, telling ambassadors that life-saving deliveries are being blocked by Israel as part of an "insidious campaign" to push it out of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

18.04.2024 18:41 Qatar is rethinking its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, its prime minister said Wednesday during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart in Doha.

18.04.2024 18:41 The Biden administration is reimposing oil sanctions on Venezuela, following President Nicolas Maduro's broken post-election promises for democratic reform.

18.04.2024 18:41 Thousands of Georgians rallied in front of parliament demanding the government immediately withdraw a controversial "foreign agents" bill being pushed through the legislature after lawmakers approved the first reading of it despite warnings from civil society groups and several Western governments that the bill is a replica of Russia's law on foreign agents, which Moscow has used for years to muzzle dissent.

18.04.2024 18:41 Polls closed Wednesday in the Solomon Islands where elections for the country's next government were being watched for potential regional impacts given the country's relationship with China.

18.04.2024 18:41 In response to mounting pressure from labor unions anxious about the impact of cheap Chinese exports on the U.S steel industry, President Joe Biden is poised to triple tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from China.