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11.04.2026 20:20 The Council today adopted implementing decisions making financial assistance under SAFE available to two more EU member states: Czechia and France. SAFE is an EU financial instrument supporting member states in investing in defence industrial production through common procurement of priority capabilities.

11.04.2026 20:20 Washington is planning a fuel depot in the southern Philippines that could support humanitarian and maritime security missions of its key Southeast Asian ally, which is locked in an increasingly hostile territorial tussle with China.

11.04.2026 20:20 Israeli and Lebanese officials are scheduled to meet in Washington on April 14 to discuss ways to end fighting in Lebanon that has killed hundreds of people since renewed battles on March 2.

11.04.2026 20:20 With Lebanon still reeling from Israel's devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears of attacks on ambulances and looming food shortages in the south of the country on Friday.

11.04.2026 20:20 A ranking naval official on Friday called President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s order to adopt Philippine names for the 131 maritime features in the Kalayaan Island Group as a "very vital assertion" of the country's rights to these territories.

11.04.2026 20:20 As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday.

11.04.2026 20:20 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Sudan, Marie-Helene Verney - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

11.04.2026 20:20 Haiti is facing "one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere," a senior UN aid official warned on Friday, underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering there.

11.04.2026 20:20 Hungarians are voting in parliamentary elections on April 12 as war continues to rage in neighboring Ukraine and their government's relationship with Russia is under intense scrutiny.

11.04.2026 20:20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Ukraine is ready for "symmetrical steps" if Russia adheres to an Orthodox Easter ceasefire.

11.04.2026 20:20 Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang party who is on a visit on the Chinese mainland, said Friday in Beijing that she is willing to "do anything as long as it helps promote peace across the Taiwan Strait."

11.04.2026 20:20 The United States has condemned Russia's latest actions against independent media following reports of new detentions and a high-profile newsroom raid in Moscow.

11.04.2026 20:20 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on the European Union to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel, given its continued bombardment of Lebanon and actions in Gaza.

11.04.2026 20:20 U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday left Washington for Islamabad, Pakistan, warning Iran not to "play" the United States in the upcoming negotiation, which he expects would be "positive."

11.04.2026 20:20 U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up pressure ahead of U.S.-Iran talks set for Saturday in Islamabad, Pakistan, claiming on Friday that Iran has "no cards" other than short-term "extortion" with the Strait of Hormuz.