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20.06.2026 13:30 President Lee Jae Myung has stressed the "utmost importance of sharing the fruits of technological advances in artificial intelligence with all countries around the world and growing together."

20.06.2026 13:30 The Air Force Office of Special Investigations Procurement Fraud Detachment 5 helped uncover a $1.8 million bid-rigging scheme involving storage projects at two Air Force installations, leading to a June 2 guilty plea by a former industry employee.

19.06.2026 13:50 H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a High-Level Emergency Meeting of African Heads of State and Government, the African Union Commission, Africa CDC, the World Health Organization, Regional Economic Communities, partners and donors to accelerate the Ebola Bundibugyo response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

19.06.2026 13:50 Libya has been mired in political dysfunction since the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, which shattered State institutions and triggered recurring struggles over legitimacy and power.

19.06.2026 13:50 Taiwan's Cabinet on Thursday proposed a special budget bill totaling NT$210 billion over six years for the procurement of domestically produced drones, to offset funding removed from an earlier defense spending bill by opposition parties.

19.06.2026 13:50 The Army will soon deploy a drone battalion in the offshore Penghu County, significantly bolstering its early warning capabilities in the event of an enemy attack, according to a military source with knowledge of the matter.

19.06.2026 13:50 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on June 18 that drones had attacked the Moscow Oil Refinery, the largest fuel supplier to the Moscow region.

19.06.2026 13:50 The Netherlands will allocate €500 million to strengthen Ukraine's drone capabilities and support the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List mechanism. The announcement was made during Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov's visit to the Netherlands.

19.06.2026 13:50 The United Nations has again called for freedom of movement for its peacekeepers in Lebanon who continue to closely monitor developments in the south of the country, including in the wake of the recent provisional agreement signed by the United States and Iran.

19.06.2026 13:50 Israel is holding talks with the United States as it looks to maintain its military presence in southern Lebanon despite a new US-Iran agreement that calls for respect for Lebanon's sovereignty, Reuters reported on June 18, citing two Israeli officials.

19.06.2026 13:50 The War Department plans to review its posture and footprint in Europe to determine how the U.S. is supporting NATO, how partners are supporting NATO and whether what's happening on the ground reflects what President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth believe the alliance should be.

19.06.2026 13:50 Citing "logistics" issues, the White House said Vice President JD Vance has postponed a trip to Switzerland for direct talks with Iran originally scheduled for June 19, two days after the two countries' presidents signed a memorandum of understanding toward ending the Middle East war.

19.06.2026 13:50 The US-Iranian deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is inevitably being compared with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed with Tehran by then US President Barack Obama.

19.06.2026 13:50 There have been signs of shipping beginning to revive in the Strait of Hormuz in the hours since the US and Iranian presidents signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war, according to Windward, a maritime intelligence company.

19.06.2026 13:50 Talks between the United States and Iran that were scheduled for June 19 at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland will not take place, according to a statement issued by Switzerland's Foreign Ministry on the morning of June 19.