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18.02.2026 16:40 The Philippine Coast Guard formally began the acquisition of three Beechcraft King Air turboprop airplanes from the United States to boost the country's maritime domain awareness and search and rescue capabilities.

18.02.2026 16:40 The Philippines and the United States have reaffirmed their decades-long alliance, and committed to defend freedom of navigation and lawful use of the seas amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.

18.02.2026 16:40 Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete said the Army Artillery Regiment will be reconfigured into an Artillery Command and will feature an air defense capability.

18.02.2026 16:40 The Philippine Navy on Tuesday said the just-concluded visit of the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Toowoomba to the country reflects the growing naval partnership and commitment of the Philippines and Australia in safeguarding the maritime domain.

18.02.2026 16:40 Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. has hailed outgoing Western Command head Vice Adm. Alfonso Torres Jr. for his leadership that allowed the unit to expand its maritime domain awareness capabilities in its area of operations, which includes the West Philippine Sea .

18.02.2026 16:40 Naval and air units from the Philippines, Australia, and the United States completed the 14th multilateral maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea , the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Tuesday.

18.02.2026 16:40 From February 23-25, the United States and Mauritius will hold discussions in Port Louis led by the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, with participation from across the U.S. interagency.

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18.02.2026 16:40 Israeli police said they will deploy heavily around the al-Aqsa Mosque throughout the holy month of Ramadan, as the Tel Aviv regime announces new restrictions at the sacred compound.

18.02.2026 16:40 Hamas says it has not received a 60-day deadline to surrender all its weapons as Israel threatens to reignite war in the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian resistance group refuses to disarm.

18.02.2026 16:40 Palestinian Walid Al-Assi was playing with his young granddaughter this week, promising to take her to the market in Gaza City with the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan as his family had done before the Israel-Hamas war, but now circumstances had changed.

18.02.2026 16:40 The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today condemned vicious attacks, rooted in disinformation, by several State Ministers against Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

18.02.2026 16:40 The Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the State of Qatar strongly condemn the decision issued by Israel to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as so called "state land" and approve procedures

18.02.2026 16:40 The Spanish Government strongly condemns the recent decision by the Israeli Government to approve the registration of large areas of the West Bank as 'State property'.

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