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31.08.2024 13:51 Ukraine needs "strong decisions" from its partners to stop the terror that Russia is perpetrating in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on August 30 after a Russian air strike on Kharkiv hit a high-rise residential building and playground, killing at least seven people, including a 14-year-old girl.

31.08.2024 13:51 A Russian bomb attack on the northeastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv on Friday hit a playground and a 12-story residential building.

31.08.2024 13:51 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 30 dismissed the commander of the country's air force one day after the crash of a U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet that had been recently deployed in the country's fight against Russia's full-scale invasion.

31.08.2024 13:51 Czech President Petr Pavel on August 30 joined a growing EU chorus urging allies to lift all restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western-supplied weapons as Kyiv continues its defense against Russia's full-scale invasion of its much smaller post-Soviet neighbor.

31.08.2024 13:51 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Croatia of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment and services for an estimated cost of $390 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

31.08.2024 13:51 Vietnam and the Philippines are set to sign a memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation that would see the two South China Sea claimants strengthening their joint activities at sea, where both face an assertive China.

31.08.2024 13:51 Nigeria and neighboring Niger have signed an agreement to boost their security cooperation, despite tensions following a coup in Niger more than a year ago.

31.08.2024 13:51 China on Friday released the first ecological report to back its claim on Sabina Shoal, a hotly disputed reef that in recent days has become a new flashpoint between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea.

31.08.2024 13:51 World Health Organization officials say Israel has given United Nations agencies the go-ahead to start inoculating hundreds of thousands of young Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip against polio.

31.08.2024 13:51 UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be vaccinated amid an outbreak of the virus, the UN World Health Organization said on Friday.

31.08.2024 13:51 The United Nations will continue engaging with all stakeholders in Afghanistan, advocating for human rights and equality, the global body's Spokesperson said on Friday, amid the Taliban's reported rejection of criticism by UN officials of a strict morality law.

31.08.2024 13:51 The Japanese Defense Ministry on Friday submitted a record high budget of 8.5 trillion yen for the next financial year, which starts from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, in order to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.

31.08.2024 13:51 Taiwan plans to build six more minelayers from 2025 to 2027 as part of its ongoing effort to build indigenous warships, according to the Ministry of National Defense spending plan for 2025 delivered to the Legislature on Friday.

31.08.2024 13:51 The United States will continue to provide defense articles to Taiwan as per its "One China" policy, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Thursday, noting that such an approach has helped foster decades of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

31.08.2024 13:51 Chinese authorities warned an ethnic minority insurgent group on Myanmar's northeastern border to stop fighting the Myanmar military or be "responsible for the consequences," according to a spokesperson for the group.