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23.12.2025 20:10 Today, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed. The future USS Defiant will be the first Trump class battleship and will be an unambiguous statement of American commitment to maritime

23.12.2025 20:10 The U.S. Air Force announces the designation of YFQ-48A as the Mission Design Series for Northrop Grumman's Project Talon, a semi-autonomous prototype aircraft. This designation marks a key step forward in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, underscoring the Air Force's commitment to rapidly delivering next-generation capabilities that meet the urgent and evolving needs of the warfighter. The MDS designation highlights the ongoing partnership between

23.12.2025 20:10 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Spain of F-404 Engine Fans and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

23.12.2025 20:10 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Denmark of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles - Extended Range and related equipment for an estimated cost of up to $951 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

23.12.2025 20:10 Briefing to the Security Council by Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the humanitarian situation in Sudan

23.12.2025 20:10 Despite the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, humanitarians continue to receive reports of airstrikes, shelling and gunfire in all five governorates, the United Nations said on Monday.

23.12.2025 20:10 Iraqi political sources report that parties within the Shia Coordination Framework have reached a preliminary agreement on a candidate to lead the country's next government.

23.12.2025 20:10 Today the Council renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 July 2026.

23.12.2025 20:10 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active returned to its home port of Port Angeles Sunday, concluding a 60-day counternarcotics deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Operation Pacific Viper.

23.12.2025 20:10 Past geopolitical tensions related to the synthetic drug "captagon" are now being mitigated with the Syrian authorities' commitment to dismantle illicit manufacturing, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime .

23.12.2025 20:10 Venezuela has called for an "immediate cessation" of US military deployments in the Caribbean.

23.12.2025 20:10 The US on Monday announced its plan to build a new class of battleships that is allegedly even larger than their World War II-era predecessors - but equipped with missiles. A Chinese expert noted that the US' new battleships are of a new genre of warship, but remained skeptical about their feasibility in modern naval warfare given their huge size.

23.12.2025 20:10 A draft Pentagon report claimed China has likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Reuters reported on Monday. Chinese military observers noted that the Pentagon's annual reports are full of speculation and aim to hype up the so-called China threat rhetoric.

23.12.2025 20:10 Venezuela continues to ship oil to the United States, despite the seizure of tankers carrying Venezuelan crude by the US military, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday.

23.12.2025 20:10 China says the United States' arbitrary seizure of other countries' vessels is a serious violation of international law after the US interception of a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast further escalated tensions in the Caribbean.