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21.02.2026 12:30 Last November, on the edge of the Indian Ocean, just beyond mainland Australia and across the Garden Island Causeway to HMAS Stirling, a U.S. Virginia-class submarine quietly completed the first submarine maintenance period without the support of a U.S. submarine tender—a specialized vessel that provides mobile repair and supply services.

21.02.2026 12:30 The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina, convened a meeting of senior Allied officials on the Southern Neighbourhood, on 18 February 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Organised in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting featured the participation of Türkiye's Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Z. Levent Gümrükçü.

21.02.2026 12:30 NATO forces displayed how modern multi-domain operations are conducted, as part of a live capability demonstration on Feb. 20, 2026, at the conclusion of exercise STEADFAST DART 26 in northern Germany.

21.02.2026 12:30 Today, 20 February, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna met Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, who is on a visit to Estonia.

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21.02.2026 12:30 On 20 February, the minister of national defence hosted in Cracow the ministers of defence of France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain.

21.02.2026 12:30 The Department of Foreign Affairs is pleased to report on recent developments in pursuit of the four core dynamics of Philippine maritime statecraft.

21.02.2026 12:30 The Armed Forces of the Philippines has reiterated its commitment to further enhance its defense ties with the Kingdom of Thailand as ranking officials of the Filipino military joined the celebration of Royal Thai Armed Forces Day Reception in Manila.

21.02.2026 12:30 Malacaňang on Friday emphasized the importance of the Philippines' cyber defense partnership with Canada in strengthening the country's national cybersecurity posture amid the evolving cyber threats.

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21.02.2026 12:30 A Kansas man was sentenced yesterday to 29 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently steer and award subcontracts by a major engineering firm for work on nuclear weapons manufacturing projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City National Security Campus .

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21.02.2026 12:30 The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israeli restrictions on access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the first Friday of Ramadan have failed to break the will of the Palestinian nation.

21.02.2026 12:30 At least nine people have been killed and 25 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting eastern Lebanon.

21.02.2026 12:30 Israel has conducted a drone strike on the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon's southern city of Saida, leaving two people killed and several others injured.