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Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists for up to 10 years

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
A Hong Kong court jailed 45 democracy supporters for up to 10 years on Tuesday at the end of the city's biggest national security trial that has damaged its reputation as an outpost of freedom in Greater China and drawn criticism from the United States and other Western countries.
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Europeans Probe Baltic Cable Damage As Suspicions Turn Toward Russia

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
European government and the United States have accused Russia of intensifying "hybrid attacks" following reports that Baltic Sea fiber-optic communications cables were damaged by suspected sabotage, although they have not yet directly tied Moscow to the damage.
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Iran increases its near weapons-grade uranium

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
Iran has increased its supply of uranium that has been enriched to 60% purity, according to confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports sent to member states and seen by several news agencies.
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Innovation Lab pioneers remote start system for the KC-46 Pegasus

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base invented a new remote start device for the KC-46A Pegasus called the Auxiliary Power Unit Start System this year.
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Global Unity: US, Australia, Canada and UK

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
In an era defined by rapid technology advancements and with a worldwide platform saturated with Great Power Competition, the Distributed Mission Operations Center on Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, Oct. 21-Nov. 4.
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EU defence cooperation: Council approves conclusions on the PESCO Strategic Review

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
The Council approved conclusions on the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Strategic Review.
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North Macedonia: New Security and Defence Partnership with the EU to strengthen capabilities and cooperation

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
On 19 November, the EU and North Macedonia signed a Security and Defence Partnership.
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Published Letter of Intent (LOI) between Sweden and Lithuania

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
On 19 November 2024, Sweden's Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Lithuania's Minister of Defence Laurynas Kačiūnas signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) on strengthened defence cooperation between Sweden and Lithuania.
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Sweden and Lithuania sign Letter of Intent

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
On 19 November, Sweden's Minister for Defence Pål Jonson met with Lithuania's Minister of Defence Laurynas Kačiūnas. During the meeting, a Letter of Intent (LOI) on strengthened defence cooperation between Sweden and Lithuania was signed.
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Vietnam receives first US military aircraft

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
A batch of five Beechcraft T-6C Texan II - the first military aircraft provided by the U.S. to Vietnam - has arrived in Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, witnesses told Radio Free Asia.
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As Security Council Meeting on Middle East Concludes, Regional Delegations Condemn Israel's Aggression, Urge Adoption of Resolution for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
As the Security Council meeting of 18 November concluded, regional delegations, condemning the horrific aggression being wrought upon the Palestinian people by Israel, along with that country's attacks against Lebanon, urged the 15‑nation organ to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza before famine consumes it and the dangerously escalating violence engulfs the entire Middle East. (For background, please see Press
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Lebanon's Escalating Violence on Children

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
espite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting pattern has emerged: their deaths are met with inertia from those able to stop this violence.
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Treasury Targets Key Hamas Leaders and Financiers

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six senior Hamas officials, including the terrorist group's representatives abroad, a senior member of the Hamas military wing, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as individuals involved in supporting the terrorist group's fundraising efforts and weapons smuggling into Gaza.
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Separatist Leader Of Georgia's Breakaway Abkhazia Resigns Amid Protests

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
The de facto leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region has signed his resignation amid ongoing protests by opposition supporters against a property deal with Russia.
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UN chief alarmed by mounting violence in Haiti

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is alarmed by the escalating violence in Haiti, where armed gangs are reportedly gaining ground in the capital Port-au-Prince, his Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Humanitarian flights to resume in Haiti as WFP continues to deliver food assistance

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that its humanitarian flights will resume on 20 November after regulatory issues were resolved following a short interruption. The WFP-run United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) provides vital passenger and light-cargo transport within Haiti for the entire humanitarian community including local and international NGOs and UN entities.
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Sok Chenda Sophea out as Cambodia's foreign minister

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 20/11/2024 - 04:46
Cambodia's former foreign minister Prak Sokhonn will soon return to the role after the country's lawmakers vote on a cabinet reshuffle, the National Assembly said in a statement Tuesday.
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