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22.06.2026 12:10 Testing of the MQ-9B "SkyGuardian" drone, four of which were ordered from the United States in 2020, is already underway in Taiwan, a source familiar with the matter told CNA on Sunday.

22.06.2026 12:10 South Korea has emerged as one of the world's fastest‑growing arms exporters, with revenues from its top defense firms projected to nearly quadruple since 2021, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute .

22.06.2026 12:10 U.S. Forces Conducts Strike Targeting al-Shabaab

22.06.2026 12:10 On June 21, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.

22.06.2026 12:10 Israel's minister of military affairs says Israeli troops in southern Lebanon face no restrictions in acting against perceived "threats," stressing that they have no plans for withdrawal despite a ceasefire that recently took effect with the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

22.06.2026 12:10 Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon are free to take action to remove threats, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, as tensions persist despite a cease-fire, casting a shadow over talks between US and Iranian negotiators in Switzerland.

22.06.2026 12:10 The first round of four-way talks between Iran, the United States, and mediators Pakistan and Qatar concluded after about 80 minutes in Switzerland, with the Iranian delegation now holding internal consultations.

22.06.2026 12:10 US President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard again" over its "proxies" in Lebanon, as high-level talks are now under way between US Vice President JD Vance and Iranian representatives at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland on June 21.

22.06.2026 12:10 Iran's caretaker defense minister has warned that the Islamic Republic will deliver a "heavy and regretful" response to any violation of the recently signed memorandum of understanding with the United States, stressing that Tehran's armed forces have never trusted the "treacherous enemy" despite the diplomatic breakthrough.

22.06.2026 12:10 The number of vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply ⁠after Tehran claimed it had again closed the important waterway, shipping data showed.

22.06.2026 12:10 The Iranian delegation left negotiations with the United States in Switzerland on Sunday in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to launch further strikes against Iran, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

22.06.2026 12:10 US and Iranian delegations are "working through the night" in Burgenstock, Switzerland, as they attempt to transform a fragile memorandum of understanding into a broader political settlement, a senior US diplomat engaged in the negotiations said early on June 22.

22.06.2026 12:10 An employee at a national defense and military industrial unit, after discovering that he had disclosed details of Chinese scientific research projects while serving as a paid consultant for a foreign company, voluntarily reported the matter and rebuffed the recruitment attempt, and was therefore not held legally liable, China's Ministry of State Security unveiled the case on Monday. The investigation was launched after state security authorities received a voluntary tip-off from a defense industry institution.

22.06.2026 12:10 China's Ministry of Commerce announced Monday that it has decided to add 10 U.S. entities, including Aveox, Inc., to the export control list in accordance with the nation's export control law and regulations on export control of dual-use items.

22.06.2026 12:10 China added 10 US entities to its export control list, according to an announcement issued by China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday.