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24.07.2024 16:40 An uneasy calm prevailed in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on the third day of a nationwide curfew Monday, as authorities said they had arrested hundreds of people for their alleged involvement in violence during protests that turned deadly last week.

24.07.2024 16:40 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has not yet won the Democratic Party's support for her presidential candidacy, but she has the endorsement of U.S. President Joe Biden, along with several senior Democrats, after his withdrawal from the race on Sunday.

23.07.2024 14:31 Today, the Department of Defense released its 2024 DOD Arctic Strategy. This is the first update to DOD's approach to the region since 2019.

23.07.2024 14:31 A large Russian oil refinery in southern Russia sustained damage after it was set on fire early on July 22, regional officials said, as the Defense Ministry in Moscow said that it repelled a large Ukrainian drone attack targeting several regions.

23.07.2024 14:31 The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 January 2025.

23.07.2024 14:31 Czech Republic joined the drone coalition for Ukraine led by Latvia and the United Kingdom after its delegation signed memorandum of understanding during the NATO's 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C, on Thursday, 11 July.

23.07.2024 14:31 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with their Japanese and Philippine counterparts this week to discuss North Korea's nuclear program and China's claims to the South China Sea, a senior American official said on Monday.

23.07.2024 14:31 A UN convoy has been hit by "heavy shooting" from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while en route to Gaza City, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday.

23.07.2024 14:31 China and the Philippines said they have achieved a "provisional arrangement" on resupply missions by the Philippines to the Second Thomas Shoal, where it maintains an outpost that China objects to, but their accounts of the agreement differed.

23.07.2024 14:31 China and the Philippines have reached a provisional deal on resupply missions to a grounded Filipino ship in the South China Sea, amid efforts to ease maritime tensions.

23.07.2024 14:31 The United States' top diplomat to the United Nations arrives in Port-au-Prince on Monday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to aid amid Haiti's humanitarian crisis, human rights abuses, and food insecurity. Haiti has been struggling with gang violence and efforts to restore constitutional order and political transition.

23.07.2024 14:31 Dozens of al-Shabab militants have been killed in new clashes in the southern Jubaland state, officials said.

23.07.2024 14:31 The live-fire component of Taiwan's largest-ever annual Han Kuang military exercises began early Monday, with the emphasis on day one being testing the military's sustainment and maintenance of combat capabilities in the event of a full-scale Chinese invasion.

23.07.2024 14:31 The threat of regional conflict affecting Syria has not abated, particularly in the face of recent Israeli strikes on the war-torn country, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Monday.

23.07.2024 14:31 Ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has vowed to strengthen control over families, businesses and financial markets, with a slew of measures to advance his vision of an orderly economy that fulfills Beijing's top political priorities and addresses growing inequality.