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12.02.2026 15:30 The European Commission today presented its Action Plan to counter the increasing threats posed by drones to EU security. In recent years, the EU has faced growing and multi-faceted challenges relating to drones and meteorological balloons, including hostile overflights, airspace violations, disruptions to airports, as well as risks to our critical infrastructure, external borders and public spaces.

12.02.2026 15:30 Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto is pleased with the icebreaker agreement between the United States Coast Guard and the Helsinki shipyard published today.

12.02.2026 15:30 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Wednesday for Israel to rescind recent measures to expand control over Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.

12.02.2026 15:30 Escalating aerial attacks in Sudan are killing children, damaging schools and striking United Nations facilities, placing civilians and humanitarian workers at growing risk, the UN warned on Wednesday.

12.02.2026 15:30 US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded nearly three hours of closed-door talks at the White House on February 11 without reaching a clear agreement on how to proceed with Iran, underscoring lingering differences over diplomacy and security strategy.

12.02.2026 15:30 Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian has said his country is open to admitting international inspectors to prove its nuclear program is "peaceful," in comments marking the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, as US naval forces stand poised in the region for possible military strikes.

12.02.2026 15:30 Iran's ballistic missile capabilities are a "red line" that will never be placed on the negotiating table, a high-ranking Iranian defense official has said.

12.02.2026 15:30 Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, most of the headlines about the role of Starlink satellite Internet service in the war have been about its use by Ukraine, such as the tension that erupted when US tech billionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX refused to grant Kyiv access to the system for operations in the Black Sea near Russian-occupied Crimea.

12.02.2026 15:30 The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday cautioned Filipinos seeking overseas employment to be vigilant against job offers that may secretly involve recruitment into foreign armed forces, including positions guised as ordinary civilian jobs.

12.02.2026 15:30 Authorities in Kazakhstan have announced they will hold a referendum next month on a new constitution, in what has been seen as a move by President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev to cement his hold on power.

12.02.2026 15:30 China continues to conduct cognitive warfare against Taiwan, hyping up selected important current events in Taiwan to achieve its strategic goals of "exacerbating internal divisions within Taiwan," "weakening Taiwanese people's will to resist the enemy," "influencing allies' willingness to support Taiwan," and "winning support for China's stance." The NSB has compiled a report titled "Analysis of China's Cognitive Warfare Tactics Against Taiwan in 2025,"

12.02.2026 15:30 A satellite image captured this week and obtained by RFE/RL contains details that suggest Russia may be deploying a nuclear-capable, hypersonic missile system called Oreshnik at a fast-growing military installation on the site of a former airfield in neighboring Belarus.

12.02.2026 15:30 A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers is seeking to tighten the legal and financial vise on Russia's global mercenary network, introducing legislation on February 10 that would designate the Kremlin's rebranded proxy forces as Foreign Terrorist Organizations .

12.02.2026 15:30 Norwegian Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen has proposed establishing a military hotline between Moscow and Oslo to establish a communication channel to avoid escalation caused by misunderstandings, The Guardian newspaper reported.

12.02.2026 15:30 The UK will lead the multinational defensive cyber exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2026, a multilateral cyber defence exercise conducted by the British Army Cyber Association.