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19.08.2024 12:21 In his first public speech since knee replacement surgery in June, the Dalai Lama spoke on Friday about how living in exile had brought awareness about Tibet and Buddhism to a global audience.

19.08.2024 12:21 The dual-rotor helicopter touching down on Fada N'gourma's dusty airstrip is a game changer for the hungry communities in eastern Burkina Faso.

19.08.2024 12:21 Cambodia's top government officials threatened arrests and dispatched a heavy police presence around the country this week to head off protests against the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle Development Area, or CLV.

19.08.2024 12:21 In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi Unmanned Surface Vessel in the Red Sea.

19.08.2024 12:21 In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi ground control station in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.

17.08.2024 18:40 Ukraine's top military commander, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy, said on August 16 that Kyiv's forces continue to advance in the Kursk region.

17.08.2024 18:40 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II+ and Block II Tactical Missiles and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $264.6 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 15, 2024.

17.08.2024 18:40 China warned Japan on Friday that it should be prepared "to pay a heavy price" if it interferes with Beijing's plans for Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers a breakaway province that must one day reunite with the mainland, by force if necessary.

17.08.2024 18:40 Russian authorities closed the Kerch Bridge, which links Russia with Ukraine's occupied Crimea region, for more than four hours in the early morning hours after explosions were heard in the area.

17.08.2024 18:40 China's Ministry of Commerce announced new controls Thursday on the export of antimony, a critical mineral used in a range of products from military ammunition, nuclear weapons and night goggles to batteries.

17.08.2024 18:40 The U.S. State Department has approved exemptions from arms-export controls for Australia and the United Kingdom that will allow defense contractors in the two countries to build American military technology without undergoing a lengthy licensing process.

17.08.2024 18:40 A statement on the historic breakthrough in defence trade between the UK, US, and Australia following landmark export control changes.

17.08.2024 18:40 China opened fire across the border into Myanmar apparently as a warning to Myanmar military aircraft that attacked an ethnic minority insurgent base, an insurgent force spokesman and residents told Radio Free Asia.

17.08.2024 18:40 China has increased high-level diplomatic engagement with Myanmar's military government over the past week as rebel groups continue to make gains in the northern part of the country, where Beijing has huge economic and geostrategic interests.

17.08.2024 18:40 International mediators working on a cease-fire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas announced Friday they have presented both parties with a "bridging proposal" that builds on previous areas of agreement and closes remaining gaps to allow for swift implementation of the plan.