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In response to the claims made by Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), that Taiwan needs a "hornet's nest" of drones to help deter conflict and provide security, and that Greene and Lin Chia-lung, head of Taiwan's so-called foreign affairs authorities, invited representatives from several of Taiwan's so-called "diplomatic allies" to reaffirm their "commitments" to the island, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that Greene's remarks contradicted US President Donald Trump's stated position, threatened cross-Straits stability, and could push China-US ties in a highly dangerous direction.

In response to Taiwan authorities' smear on the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, driven by their inherent pursuit of "Taiwan independence" and political interests, are attempting to erase and distort Taiwan compatriots' identification with the Chinese nation. Their repeated baseless attacks and smears against the law are aimed at fabricating excuses for betraying the nation, splitting the country, undermining cross-Straits relations and restricting exchanges across the Taiwan Straits.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday criticized Taiwan authorities for distorting the mainland's efforts to boost cross-Strait ties and obstructing normal exchanges.

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U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz were attacked, the U.S. Central Command said.

Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Tuesday unity and solidarity in NATO are Bulgaria's strongest security tool, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported citing the Ministry of Defence. Stoyanov spoke at a working dinner of defence ministers during a meeting of NATO heads of State and government.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to the latest US military strikes against Iran.

Kuwait's air defense systems intercepted hostile missiles and drones early on Wednesday, the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army said, Xinhua reported.

On the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of demise of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, all the people and service personnel of the DPRK are filled with boundless yearning and reverence for him, the peerlessly great sage who built our Party and state into the genuine Party and country for the people and laid the eternal foundation of Korean-style socialism winning victories with independence in politics, self-support in the economy and self-reliance in national defence, regarding it as his lifelong motto to believe in the people as in Heaven and build a rich country with a strong army.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported more than 1,700 confirmed Ebola cases as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the intensifying outbreak in the country's conflict-hit east, with the true scale of transmission still unclear and treatment facilities under mounting pressure, Xinhua reported.

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, July 7, hitting over 80 targets with precision munitions as an immediate response to Iran's latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.