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10.02.2026 11:50 The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday sentenced Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, to 20 years in prison for three crimes endangering national security.

10.02.2026 11:50 When asked about the UK Home Office's Monday announcement to relax conditions for Hong Kong residents applying for BNO visas, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the UK stated that China has consistently and firmly opposed the UK's manipulation of the BNO issue and its interference in China's internal affairs.

10.02.2026 11:50 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday reiterated the government's strong dissatisfaction with a ruling by Panama's top court, saying the decision has undermined investor confidence in the country's business environment and that the government will review both current and future investments there, according to local media reports.

10.02.2026 11:50 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

10.02.2026 11:50 On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations

10.02.2026 11:50 The Department of War announced today a two-year investment totaling nearly $1.8 million made in the Great Plains Innovation Network of Manhattan, Kansas for a reverse engineering activity for obsolescent defense-critical parts missing technical data packages.

10.02.2026 11:50 In just two months since deployment, the War Department's enterprise AI platform, GenAI.mil, has surpassed one million unique users.

10.02.2026 11:50 The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced a $5.2 million agreement Feb. 4 to provide U.S. forces with the Bumblebee V2 counter-drone system, a low-cost, low-collateral kinetic interceptor to defeat illicit drones at home and abroad.

10.02.2026 11:50 On Feb. 6, the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, completed Ivy Sting 4, a significant demonstration of the Army's Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, program. This event marks another stepping stone in the Army's efforts to enhance operational capabilities through advanced technology and accelerated delivery for Soldier-led experimentation.

10.02.2026 11:50 In the rolling hills of central Romania, eight NATO nations gathered at the Land Forces Combat Training Center Getica with their eyes fixed on the virtual battlefield for the initial phase of Dynamic Front 2026.

10.02.2026 11:50 Senior reserve leaders from across the NATO alliance gathered to discuss the growing importance of reserve forces in addressing global security challenges during the NATO Air Reserve Symposium. The event focused on how Allied Reserve Organizations and the NATO Committee on the Reserves can support NATO's future transformation efforts.

10.02.2026 11:50 The Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management stood up an integrated program office to lead the Joint Fires Network.

10.02.2026 11:50 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 completed Relief-in-Place / Transfer-of-Authority with NMCB-4, returning to the U.S. Indo-Pacific area of responsibility for the first time in more than a decade. This deployment marks a significant milestone for the East Coast-based Seabee battalion and reinforcing U.S. Navy expeditionary construction capabilities in the region.

10.02.2026 11:50 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey departed Kushiro, Feb. 1, following a successful multi-day port visit that strengthened the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan.

10.02.2026 11:50 On Friday, February 6th, Minister of National Defence, Radu Miruță, had a meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Romania, Her Excellency Anna Hällerman, at the Ministry of National Defence headquarters.