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10.06.2026 17:20 Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen held a speech at the meeting of the Council of Europe's Committee on Social Inclusion and Human Dignity in Kouvola on 9 June 2026.

10.06.2026 17:20 On June 7-8 Vice Minister of National Defence Karolis Aleksa took part in an informal EU Defence Ministers' meeting in Cyprus

10.06.2026 17:20 On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with ambassadors of European Union member states accredited to Lithuania.

10.06.2026 17:20 Philippine Navy chief, Vice Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta on Tuesday said the strong support from the government, led by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., has allowed the service to acquire more modern equipment to help it carry out its mandate of protecting the country's vast waters.

10.06.2026 17:20 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday directed the Philippine Navy to further strengthen its capabilities and deepen defense partnerships as the country confronts evolving security challenges and seeks to protect its interests in the West Philippine Sea.

10.06.2026 17:20 "China will take resolute and strong measures to safeguard its national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests," said a Chinese defense spokesperson on Tuesday.

10.06.2026 17:20 On June 8, the Philippines hosted the second United States-Japan-Philippines Maritime Dialogue in Manila, Philippines.

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10.06.2026 17:20 An Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed at least eight people and wounded 32 others on June 9, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, as Israel expanded its campaign against Hezbollah despite Iranian warnings against further attacks on Lebanon.

10.06.2026 17:20 At least nine Lebanese civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded after Israeli airstrikes hit the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities.

10.06.2026 17:20 Hamas said Tuesday that progress has been made in ongoing talks with Palestinian factions and mediators in Egypt on the Gaza ceasefire and the implementation of a roadmap proposed by mediators.

10.06.2026 17:20 Lebanon has suffered more than $365 million in damage to buildings across Beirut and Mount Lebanon since the latest escalation, according to a new UN-led assessment released on Tuesday, as fresh strikes in Tyre underscored the fragility of a ceasefire that has failed to stop the fighting.

10.06.2026 17:20 Palestinian civilians are trapped between escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank and fear-based Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip, investigators appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday in a new report.

10.06.2026 17:20 Palestinian civilians are being systematically and deliberately subjected to severe violations of human rights law by all parties to the region's conflict, trapped between Israeli forces and settlers on one side and the fear-based rule of Hamas on the other, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today.