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17.04.2026 18:00 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Curtis , Thom Tillis and Senator Jacky Rosen sent a letter to Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu and Deputy Speaker Chiang, as well as members of the Legislative Yuan, Mr. Chen Kuan-ting, Mr. Niu Hsu-ting and Mr. Wang An-hsiang urging them to approve a supplementary defense budget that would enable Taiwan to both procure critical American defense equipment and boost domestic production of innovative drones and missile defense systems. This follows the Senators' recent Congressional delegation to Taiwan and visit to the Legislative Yuan, where they reaffirmed rock solid bipartisan support for the U.S.-Taiwan partnership.

17.04.2026 18:00 During a hearing yesterday in Washington before the House Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee, Marc Berkowitz, the assistant secretary of war for space policy, reiterated the need for the Golden Dome for America as he described the intensifying strategic competition facing the nation.

17.04.2026 18:00 During the Space Foundation's 41st Space Symposium, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Purdy, Jr., highlighted recent wins from acquisition transformation in his keynote, April 15.

17.04.2026 18:00 Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, kicked off the 41st Space Symposium's program on April 14, by reflecting on 250 years of military history, and how that legacy continues to shape the Joint Force's identity and readiness.

17.04.2026 18:00 Declaring "this is the moment when our nation's Space Force comes of age," Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said April 15 that talented, innovative personnel and acquisition transformation will fuel the service's success and dominance.

17.04.2026 18:00 Soldiers assigned to the 200th Cyber Protection Team, U.S. Army Cyber Protection Brigade partnered with cyber operations experts of the Tanzanian People's Defence Force at the Tanzania Peacekeeping Training Centre in Dar es Salaam, March 1-11, during Justified Accord 2026.

17.04.2026 18:00 A Finnish-led project has applied for EUR 9.55 million in European Commission funding to reinforce subsea cable repair capacity.

17.04.2026 18:00 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's welcome of the announcement by President of the United States of America Donald Trump of a ceasefire in brotherly Lebanon

17.04.2026 18:00 His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met in Jeddah with Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, with whom he reviewed the close bilateral relations between the two countries, discussing existing cooperation and opportunities to further develop it across various fields

17.04.2026 18:00 Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valery Gerasimov chaired a meeting of the CSTO Military Committee.

17.04.2026 18:00 Deputy Minister of Defenсe of the Russian Federation Vasily Osmakov receives Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of Mongolia Lieutenant General Sunrev Ganbyamba.

17.04.2026 18:00 The way Artyom Bykov ended up in the Russian Army's 273rd Artillery Brigade was bad enough.

17.04.2026 18:00 Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Head of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic Rashid Temrezov.

17.04.2026 18:00 Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun on April 15 hosted talks at his ministry's compound in Seoul's Jongno-gu District with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency , on Seoul's bid to build its own nuclear-powered submarines, North Korea's nuclear program and developments in the Middle East.

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