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31.01.2026 14:50 Five years after Myanmar's military seized power and jailed the country's elected leaders, the United Nations says the country's crisis has only deepened, marked by escalating violence, mass displacement and a military-controlled election that UN officials warn has further entrenched repression rather than restored civilian rule.

31.01.2026 14:50 The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the new escalation by the US government against Cuba in its efforts to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to our country.

31.01.2026 14:50 The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized an 11-year prison sentence for an ex-Air Force colonel who recruited spies for China while on active duty, but remanded charges involving the leak of military secrets back to a lower court.

31.01.2026 14:50 Yesterday, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of the People's Republic of China .

31.01.2026 14:50 As the United States expands its military presence in the Middle East amid growing expectations of a strike against Iran, countries around the Middle East are bracing for another conflict in the region.

31.01.2026 14:50 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control took additional action against Iranian officials responsible for the regime's brutal crackdown on its own people. Among the officials sanctioned today is Eskandar Momeni Kalagari —Iran's Minister of the Interior—who oversees the murderous Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran , a key entity responsible for the deaths of

31.01.2026 14:50 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of AH-64E Apache Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $3.8 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

31.01.2026 14:50 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.98 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

31.01.2026 14:50 Military tensions in South Sudan are "rapidly expanding" between Government forces and opposition militia as fighting continues in restive Jonglei state.

31.01.2026 14:50 Rising tensions between Iran and the United States have alarmed regional leaders and sparked urgent calls for renewed diplomacy. Tehran on Friday signaled a conditional willingness to return to the negotiating table to ease the escalating confrontation.

31.01.2026 14:50 On January 29-30 the Baltic Defence Ministerial Committee met in Tallinn, Estonia. Minister of National Defence Robertas Kaunas, Minister of Defence of Latvia Andris Sprūdsand Minister of Defence of Estonia Hanno Pevkur discussed agenda of the NATO Defence Ministerial due in February, status of joint regional projects, creation of a joint Baltic Military Mobility Area, transatlantic relations and assistance to Ukraine.

31.01.2026 14:50 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $9.0 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

31.01.2026 14:50 The war in Ukraine remains the world's biggest threat to nuclear safety as a fifth year of combat looms, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned on Friday, citing continued risks to power supplies at nuclear sites vulnerable to fighting nearby.

31.01.2026 14:50 Russia launched a ballistic missile and more than 100 drones at Ukraine overnight, none of which hit Kyiv, after US President Donald Trump's statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to pause air strikes on the capital and other "various towns" until February 1.

31.01.2026 14:50 The U.S. Space Force activated a new component field command, Jan. 30 at Peterson Space Force Base.