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29.02.2024 12:30 Ukraine's military said its forces have withdrawn from two more villages near the eastern city of Avdiyivka, which was captured earlier this month by Russian forces, marking further losses for Ukraine as its troops continue to struggle with shortages of equipment, especially ammunition.

29.02.2024 12:30 In the last two years of fighting in Ukraine, Russians have not hesitated to initiate frontal assaults with no concern about sacrificing their own people, said Air Force Lt. Gen. Leonard J. Kosinski, Joint Staff logistics director.

29.02.2024 12:30 The Albanese Government has today released a master plan that defines the strategic rationale for a sovereign defence industrial base and sets out pathways for maximising support for Australian industry and its critical contribution to national security.

29.02.2024 12:30 A new procurement system will see earlier expert assurance of future military programmes, ensuring they deliver for UK forces on the frontline.

29.02.2024 12:30 A German warship partaking in a European anti-Yemen coalition in the Red Sea has mistakenly opened fire on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, reports say.

29.02.2024 12:30 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin offered a forceful - and deeper - explanation for plans to reshape and "reoptimize" the service and for why it's necessary during an appearance Feb. 28 at the Brookings Institution.

29.02.2024 12:30 The Marine Corps' XQ-58A Valkyrie, a highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed its second test flight February 23, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

29.02.2024 12:30 The United Nations said Wednesday that those trying to distribute or receive humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip were facing life-threatening challenges.

29.02.2024 12:30 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived in Australia on Wednesday for a two-day official visit where he plans to solidify security arrangements linked to concern about the reported presence of Chinese warships near traditional South China Sea fishing grounds.

29.02.2024 12:30 The leadership of Transdniester has called on Russia to take measures to "protect" the breakaway region from what it said was increasing pressure from Moldova's pro-Western government that amounted to an "economic war."

29.02.2024 12:30 A shipment of wheat donated by Ukraine to the United Nations World Food Programme's Sudan operation has arrived in Port Sudan and is being loaded onto WFP trucks for emergency food distributions. This in-kind food donation will be a core part of food rations provided to one million conflict-affected people in Sudan for one month.

29.02.2024 12:30 U.S. semiconductor firms must strengthen oversight of their foreign partners and work more closely with the government and investigative groups, a group of experts told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, saying the outsourcing of production overseas has made tracking chip sales more difficult, enabling sanctions evasion by Russia and other adversaries.

29.02.2024 12:30 Tuvalu's new government released a statement of priorities Wednesday, reiterating the Pacific island nation's intent to maintain its "long-term and lasting special relationship" with Taiwan, while vowing to review a security pact that the previous administration signed with Australia in November.

29.02.2024 12:30 On Feb. 28, the President will issue a groundbreaking Executive Order addressing the extraordinary and unusual national security threat posed by the continued effort of certain countries of concern to access Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and certain U.S. Government-related data. The first of its kind, the E.O., entitled "Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries

29.02.2024 12:30 A sixth Bulgarian citizen has been charged in Britain with allegedly being a member of a Russian spy network operating in the United Kingdom, British prosecutors said.