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16.01.2026 21:54 The European Defence Agency hosted Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal, as well as shipbuilders, on 15 January to determine the design, needs and way forward for a future European Combat Vessel , a family of new frigates.

16.01.2026 21:54 The Philippines and Japan signed on Thursday three key security and development deals, including the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement that would allow mutual logistics support between their two forces.

16.01.2026 21:54 The World Food Programme said on Thursday that it is struggling to keep emergency operations running in Sudan, where more than 1,000 days of war have pushed families to the brink.

16.01.2026 21:54 The Justice Department filed a forfeiture complaint against two mission crew trainers that were interdicted in transit from the Test Flying Academy of South Africa to the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army . The MCTs are mobile classrooms intended to assist the PLA to train personnel on the use of airborne warning and control system and anti-submarine warfare aircraft.

16.01.2026 21:54 Iran has stayed the executions of protesters, President Donald Trump said, quoting "very important sources on the other side," but tensions continued across the Middle East as the possibility of US military action against Tehran remains.

16.01.2026 21:54 Today, as the people of Iran bravely take to the streets to demand basic freedoms and economic security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is taking action against the architects of the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators. OFAC today is also taking action against the shadow banking networks that allow Iran's elite to steal and launder

16.01.2026 21:54 As nationwide protests in Iran appear to ease after nearly three weeks of unrest and bloodshed, a senior UN official called on Thursday for action to prevent further escalation.

16.01.2026 21:54 Army cyber warriors are to benefit from new modern accommodation and specialist training facilities, following nearly £300 million investment announced today for Duke of Gloucester Barracks.

16.01.2026 21:54 There are no Chinese warships operating around Greenland and no significant Chinese investments in the region, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, as he countered United States' threats to seize the Arctic island.

16.01.2026 21:54 The Chinese People's Liberation Army Information Support Force is reportedly developing more than 10 types of experimental equipment, aiming to boost the combat capability of new qualities using quantum technology and supercomputing. A Chinese expert said on Thursday that quantum technology is characterized by high confidentiality, while supercomputers could enable fast intelligence processing and transmission, which provide advantages on the battlefield.

16.01.2026 21:54 In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is "brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability" - even as international cooperation is fraying at the moment it is most needed.

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16.01.2026 21:54 The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it had lodged a protest with UK Charge d'Affaires in Moscow Danae Dholakia over information received by Russian authorities about a member of the embassy's diplomatic staff being affiliated with the UK's intel services.

16.01.2026 21:54 The amount reserved for arms procurement from the United States in a proposed NT$1.25 trillion special defense budget is around NT$900 billion, Deputy Defense Minister Hsu Szu-chien said Thursday.