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22.06.2024 13:10 Russia's Ambassador to Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev, was summoned to the South Korean Foreign Ministry on June 21 to protest a defense deal signed earlier this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

22.06.2024 13:10 The United States sanctioned 12 people Friday in executive and leadership positions at the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, a major international vendor of antivirus software.

22.06.2024 13:10 Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated twelve individuals in executive and senior leadership roles at AO Kaspersky Lab .

22.06.2024 13:10 China on Friday warned that supporters of independence for Taiwan could be tried in absentia and sentenced to death for "splitting the country," in a move designed to step up pressure on the democratic island.

22.06.2024 13:10 China has published new guidelines for criminal punishments that include the death penalty for certain extreme cases involving what it calls "die-hard" Taiwan independence separatists.

22.06.2024 13:10 President Vladimir Putin of Russia says Moscow will continue to develop its nuclear weapons to preserve the balance of power in the world.

22.06.2024 13:10 Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. led the launch of the Philippines' first guided missile corvette built in South Korea.

22.06.2024 13:10 The first batch of Russian-Indian cruise missiles BrahMos have already been delivered to the Philippines, the co-director of the BrahMos Aerospace missile maker, Alexander Maksichev, told Sputnik on Friday.

22.06.2024 13:10 Defense chiefs from 30 African countries will gather in Botswana next week for a two-day military conference to discuss the continent's security and stability challenges. The meeting, organized by the United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, will be the first to be held in Africa since the inaugural conference in 2017

22.06.2024 13:10 Israeli military forces pounded central and southern Gaza on Friday, according to residents and the Israeli army. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said at least 25 people were killed and 50 were injured in an attack on tents housing displaced people in Mawasi in western Rafah.

22.06.2024 13:10 The UN Secretary-General on Friday voiced profound concern over escalating violence and "bellicose rhetoric" between Israel and Hezbollah militants across the frontier with Lebanon, warning that one false move could trigger a catastrophe for the whole region and beyond.

22.06.2024 13:10 Vietnam has asked that the Philippines discuss with it an extended continental shelf claim that Manila sent to the United Nations last week.

22.06.2024 13:10 A quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan by the United Nations has documented a surge in attacks by armed groups fighting Taliban rule. It also noted "persistent" internal tensions among de facto Afghan leaders.

22.06.2024 13:10 The recent revelation that the Philippines secretly transferred materials to reinforce the dilapidated military vessel illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao underscores the root cause of the current tense situation in the South China Sea - the Philippines' ongoing provocations with US support. Analysts said that the law enforcement measures taken by the China Coast Guard to safeguard China's national interests are legitimate and justified.

22.06.2024 13:10 The U.S. military's Central Command, or CENTCOM, says its forces destroyed six drones operated by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the same day it was confirmed the rebels sank their second merchant vessel in the region.