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22.05.2026 13:50 Iran is pursuing negotiations with the United States "in good faith" despite viewing Washington with "deep suspicion," the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said, confirming that multiple rounds of messages have been exchanged through Pakistani intermediaries based on Tehran's 14-point peace proposal.

22.05.2026 13:50 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says that the US-engineered crisis around Iran's nuclear issue can only be resolved through diplomatic channels and by taking Iranian interests into account, following the failed American-Israeli aggression.

22.05.2026 13:50 As the War Department rebuilds the defense industrial base — the thousands of private businesses that provide the hardware and weapons America's military uses to defend the nation — it will also ensure those businesses have the personnel to build those weapons.

22.05.2026 13:50 Derrick Anderson, assistant secretary of war for special operations and low-intensity conflict, closed out the Special Operations Forces Week 2026 convention in Tampa, Florida, today with a keynote speech that focused on underscoring the SOF community's recent successes, as well as articulating his vision for its future.

22.05.2026 13:50 Of the U.S. Special Operations Command's five "SOF truths," the first, "Humans are more important than hardware," was the most often repeated during the Special Operations Forces Week 2026 convention held this week in Tampa, Florida.

22.05.2026 13:50 Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told lawmakers, May 20, the Department of the Air Force's fiscal year 2027 budget request is designed to strengthen readiness, accelerate modernization and position both services to meet growing threats across the air and space domains.

22.05.2026 13:50 Navy Warfare Development Center hosted the fifth annual MAKO Storm exercise May 14-17, bringing together U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa in addition to U.S. Sixth Fleet and U.S. Fifth Fleet for an advanced Maritime Operations Center training event focused on operational integration, decision-making, and fleet readiness.

22.05.2026 13:50 Finland's Air Force is running its Imminent Field 26 highway-based exercise, previously known as the Baana exercise, from May 18 to 22, 2026, training dispersed flying operations alongside Italian F-35B fighters, enhancing Allied Air Command's Agile Combat Employment readiness.

22.05.2026 13:50 There are just a couple dozen of them in the whole Czech military. No one is allowed to know what they look like. And yet they hold the key to one of the most expensive and lethal weapons on the modern battlefield — the fighter jet. This September, these elite service personnel from around the world will gather in the Czech Republic for Exercise Ample Strike 2026.

22.05.2026 13:50 Minister of Defence Jaromír Zůna visited Chișinău, where he met with his Moldovan counterpart, Minister Anatolie Nosatîi, during an official visit. They discussed options of further development of the cooperation between the two countries and current security matters. The Defence Ministers have honoured the memory of the fallen soldiers at the local Czechoslovak Legionaries Memorial.

22.05.2026 13:50 A Romanian Armed Forces' detachment participated in EFES 2026 Multinational Exercise conducted between April 20 and May 21st 2026, in the Republic of Turkey.

22.05.2026 13:50 Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met today in Tallinn with Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, to discuss deepening cooperation in defence and the defence industry, as well as the wider European security situation.

22.05.2026 13:50 On 21 May 2026, the Government adopted a national plan on the resilience of critical entities . The plan's objective is to enhance the resilience of critical entities. Cooperation between critical entities and authorities will enhance resilience and harmonise it at both EU and national level.

22.05.2026 13:50 The Government is instructing the regional health authorities to review updated emergency preparedness plans in the health and care sector together with the municipalities. The plans must be strengthened in order to handle war and war-like situations. They must be based on a requirement to make 7,000 beds available for war casualties — both civilian and military.

22.05.2026 13:50 On 20-21 May, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The meeting focused on Sweden's total defence, civil defence and resilience.