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24.08.2024 12:10 Ahead of Ukrainian Independence Day, today the Department of Defense announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.

24.08.2024 12:10 Building on the sanctions already imposed on Russia in response to its continued war of aggression against Ukraine, today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of State targeted nearly 400 individuals and entities both in Russia and outside its borders—including in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East—whose products and services enable Russia to sustain its war effort and evade sanctions.

24.08.2024 12:10 Today, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security is taking aggressive action to further restrict the supply of both U.S.-origin and "U.S. branded" items to Russia and Belarus for the Kremlin's illegal war on Ukraine. Today's actions will further constrain Russia's ability to arm its military by targeting illicit procurement networks designed to circumvent global export controls.

24.08.2024 12:10 A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.

24.08.2024 12:10 A White House spokesman said Friday there has been progress made in Gaza cease-fire talks in Cairo as intensive fighting continues between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas militants in the embattled enclave.

24.08.2024 12:10 U.S.-brokered peace talks on Sudan have failed to end the country's 16-month conflict but have succeeded in gaining greater humanitarian access to millions of people who have been deprived of food, medicine and other essential relief for many months, according to a senior U.S. official.

24.08.2024 12:10 Somalia Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Thursday that Ethiopian forces would not be part of the upcoming African Union Support Mission in Somalia unless Ethiopia withdraws from a controversial memorandum of understanding signed with Somaliland earlier this year.

24.08.2024 12:10 U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is heading to China next week for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a senior administration official.

24.08.2024 12:10 The Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election will be on the agenda but "not the point" of a three-day visit to China next week by President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, for talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a senior White House official told reporters on Friday.

24.08.2024 12:10 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III praised the momentum behind the U.S.-India relationship today as he met with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh at the Pentagon.

24.08.2024 12:10 The Secretary of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of Anti-Submarine Warfare Sonobuoys and related equipment for an estimated cost of $52.8 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

24.08.2024 12:10 The Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia; the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom; and the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States.

24.08.2024 12:10 Some of the world's most advanced defence capabilities will be produced in Geelong, with the Hanwha Defence Australia's Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence officially opening today.

24.08.2024 12:10 An FBI raid on a house about an hour outside Washington this month renewed focus on U.S. efforts to combat foreign interference in the 2024 election.

24.08.2024 12:10 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today released the Intelligence Community Annual Demographic Report for Fiscal Year 2023.