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Finland has successfully applied for EU funding from the European Commission, which awarded EUR 39.45 million from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to seven military mobility projects in Finland. As the sum applied for was EUR 43.16 million, this call for proposals was a great success for Finland.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he intended to buy two more Russian Ka-32 multipurpose helicopters for firefighting following a fire that broke out in a large Chinese indoor market in Belgrade earlier in the day.

The Netherlands, following the NATO chief's statement that the alliance does not see an immediate threat from Russia, will send three MQ-9 Reaper drones to the bloc's eastern border in Romania in February to monitor Russia's military activity, Dutch newspaper Parool reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the United States is committed to growing its partnerships across the African continent and increasingly sees African countries "leading on issues of global consequence."

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Israel said Wednesday that its troops carried out airstrikes and ground attacks in northern, central and southern Gaza, while the U.N. chief warned of the "heartbreaking and catastrophic" effects of the war on Palestinian civilians and a U.S. envoy's visit to the region included discussion of a potential new temporary cease-fire.

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The Palestinian Health Ministry says nearly 200 people were killed and more than 350 others wounded in the incessant Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in the 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday afternoon as the occupying entity presses ahead with its genocidal war.

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United Nations agencies warn the Gaza Strip is slipping into an ever more disastrous situation as the Israel-Hamas war continues unabated and hundreds of thousands of people suffering from a chronic lack of food and water face an acute risk of famine.

The UN Security Council will hold a second day of debate on Wednesday in search of an end to the devastating conflict in Gaza amid growing tensions in the Middle East, as UN humanitarians reiterated grave concerns for extremely vulnerable Palestinians forced once again to flee the war and evacuation orders.

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Yesterday the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence delivered to Congress the Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as required by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, as amended by the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2023.