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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday that he will not run in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister.

A Hamas official announced on Wednesday that the movement will not participate in the upcoming ceasefire negotiations in Qatar.

The Pentagon has announced that eight American forces were wounded in a recent drone attack in northeastern Syria.

The Pentagon has announced that as many as eight American forces suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a recent attack on their base in northeastern Syria.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., today explained how incorporating the concept of integrated deterrence — the Defense Department's planning, coordinating and operating with all government agencies, as well as allies and partners — is key to meeting the challenges of an increasingly complex strategic environment.

Last week, the Defense Department released requirements meant to help manage the risks to brain health from blast overpressure, which can be generated by weapons systems such as howitzers, mortars and shoulder-mounted weapons.

Ronald Reagan departed Yokosuka, Japan, May 16, where it's been forward deployed since 2015, and served as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.

USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) is scheduled to change its homeport from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. to Rota Naval Base, Spain, in the fall of 2024.

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Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has expressed hope for the conduct of regular exercises between Filipino soldiers and the country's allies.

The Philippine Navy (PN) noted an increased presence of Chinese naval and coast guard ships in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Burkina Faso highly appreciates Russian instructors compared to French ones, Burkinabe Defense Minister Kassoum Coulibaly told Sputnik.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the humanitarian corridor in the Rafah area was allegedly shelled by Palestinian movement Hamas, due to which movement and coordination along the route were temporarily suspended.

The Israeli regime's ministry for military affairs says more than 10,000 of the regime's forces have been afflicted with either physical or mental trauma during Tel Aviv's now-eleven-months-long war on the Gaza Strip.

Israeli reserve duty Lieutenant Colonel Alon Avitar says the Islamic Republic and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah will definitely respond to the Israeli regime in the wake of the assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah military commander in Beirut.

The Israeli army uses Palestinian men as human shields to search tunnels in the besieged Gaza Strip for Hamas resistance fighters and booby traps, according to a report.