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16.09.2024 14:11 More than 100 Rohingya refugees who have for years been detained at a transit camp in the northeast Indian state of Assam have launched a hunger strike demanding that they be handed over to the United Nations refugee agency in New Delhi, transferred to a detention facility in the Indian capital, and that the process of resettlement in a third country be started.

16.09.2024 14:11 During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Baltic Fleet's ships successfully trained in repelling air attacks and in launching an artillery strike on maritime and coastal targets.

16.09.2024 14:11 As part of the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, UAV teams of the Far East air defence and air force formation trained in operating Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.

16.09.2024 14:11 During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Arctic expeditionary group of forces of the Northern Fleet operating in the eastern regions of the Arctic Ocean conducted a tactical exercise to launch an amphibious assault operation on an unequipped coast in the Chukchi Sea close to Cape Vankarem.

16.09.2024 14:11 During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Baltic Fleet's electronic warfare unit practised suppressing navigation and radio communication equipment of the mock enemy.

16.09.2024 14:11 During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Caspian Flotilla ships, together with a marine unit, trained in repelling an enemy attack at an offshore oil platform and organised the defence of the important infrastructure facility.

16.09.2024 14:11 The coastal minesweepers German Ugryumov and Magomed Gadzhiyev , together with other mine countermeasure vessels, defused underwater mines laid by a mock enemy and ensured safe passage for ships in the mine threat area of the Caspian Sea during the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills.

16.09.2024 14:11 The Northern Fleet's Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft practised in-flight refuelling together with the Il-78 long-range aerial refuelling tanker during the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills.

16.09.2024 14:11 U.S. Central Command forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq that resulted in the death of 14 ISIS operatives on 29 August. This operation targeted ISIS leaders and served to disrupt and degrade ISIS' ability to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against Iraqi civilians, as well as U.S. citizens, allies, and partners throughout the region and beyond.

16.09.2024 14:11 In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed three uncrewed aerial vehicles and one support vehicle in Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.

16.09.2024 14:11 A U.S. MQ-9 drone was struck but safely recovered while operating in the Middle East this week, a U.S. defense official told VOA on Friday.

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16.09.2024 14:11 The Department of Defense today announced 12 additional awards to bioindustrial firms via the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program . This announcement brings the DBIMP to 25 awards to date totaling $42 million.

16.09.2024 14:11 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced seven initiatives to improve the quality of life for Service members and their families today. These actions build on the extensive and unprecedented actions that Department of Defense leaders have taken over the past four years as part of Austin's Taking Care of People initiative.