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27.02.2025 12:20 Taiwan's Navy Command has rejected a media report that it is likely to miss the scheduled April 2025 timeline to begin sea acceptance tests for the country's indigenous defense submarine prototype.

27.02.2025 12:20 China has set up a live-fire exercise area 40 nautical miles off the coast of the Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung without warning in a provocation to the region's security that posed a risk to air and sea transport, Taiwan's ministry of defense said Wednesday.

27.02.2025 12:20 Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has "strongly condemned" China for setting up a zone near Taiwan for "shooting exercises" without prior notice, similar to a recent incident that occurred near Australia.

27.02.2025 12:20 Hong Kong plans to eliminate 10,000 civil service jobs and freeze public sector salaries as part of an effort to curb a growing fiscal deficit, its top finance official announced on Wednesday, as the city grapples with its third year of budget shortfalls.

27.02.2025 12:20 Defence Research & Development Organisation and Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile from Integrated Test Range , Chandipur on February 25, 2025

27.02.2025 12:20 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is targeting six entities based in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China , engaged in the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicle components on behalf of OFAC-designated Iranian firm Pishtazan Kavosh Gostar Boshra and its subsidiary Narin Sepehr Mobin Isatis . These entities operate as front companies and

27.02.2025 12:20 President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Dan "Razin" Caine for the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Feb. 21, 2025.

27.02.2025 12:20 Building up and linking supply chains across Southeast Asian defense industries is crucial to becoming self-reliant in safeguarding the region from security threats, Malaysia's defense chief said as he hosted a meeting of his ASEAN counterparts.

27.02.2025 12:20 Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into "battlefields" and left 40,000 people homeless, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.

27.02.2025 12:20 U.N. Security Council members expressed deep concern Wednesday over the announcement earlier this week by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that it plans to establish a parallel governing authority in parts of the country under its control.

27.02.2025 12:20 A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches a second year.

27.02.2025 12:20 As the war in Sudan approaches a second year, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the country has emphasized the need to re-double and coordinate efforts towards a peace agreement that respects national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity - and ending the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

27.02.2025 12:20 Uzbekistan and Pakistan agreed to establish a tripartite committee with Afghanistan to address issues that are hindering the implementation of a proposed railway project connecting the three countries.

27.02.2025 12:20 Nigeria's National Counter Terrorism Center warns that terrorist groups are getting more sophisticated — using new technologies and exploiting political and economic grievances to expand their operations. In response, authorities have launched a review of the national anti-terrorism strategy to address emerging threats.

27.02.2025 12:20 UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostilities continue to impact civilians and limit access in different parts of the country.