Defence`s Feeds

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today.

As the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international community's response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN's top aid official there urged all warring parties to allow lifesaving relief supplies to reach the most vulnerable.

Remarks at the joint launch of the 2025 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and Regional Refugee Response Plan

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"The United States stands with its ally the Philippines to condemn the unsafe and irresponsible actions by the Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) to interfere with a Philippine maritime air operation in the vicinity of Scarborough Reef."

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On 18 February the deadline set in the cessation of hostilities agreement between Israel and Lebanon passed.

China on Wednesday voiced opposition to Vietnam's recent developments in the Spratly archipelago in a rare public protest.

Three women Naxals were killed Wednesday in a fierce gunfight with government forces in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

The Vietnam National Assembly on Wednesday gave a near-unanimous approval to a railway bill that allows the country to utilize Chinese loans for the construction of a new $8.3 billion link aimed at improving transport connections between the two neighboring countries.

Diplomats from Afghanistan's ruling Taliban reported Wednesday that neighboring Pakistan is implementing a plan for the "imminent" and swift mass deportation of nearly three million Afghan refugees from its territory.

Philippine defense officials say they will hold a large, 10-day military training exercise next month, aiming to strengthen the country's ability to respond to any crisis caused by an "external threat."

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the UAE rejects "any attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land" as Rubio made a visit Wednesday to Abu Dhabi.

Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin, Jr. (WPC-1147) and the mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) rescued seven mariners from a disabled vessel in the international waters of the central Arabian Gulf, Feb. 18.

The Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) departs Naval Station Mayport, Florida to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 18.

Amid rising regional tensions and the continuous advance of the 23 March Movement, or M23, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senior UN officials told the Security Council today that the warring parties must return to the negotiating table and seriously work towards peace, while also welcoming regional efforts to resolve the conflict.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have reaffirmed their opposition to US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to "take over" Gaza and displace Palestinians from the war-ravaged strip.

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun urges the United States to press Israel to end its occupation of the country and completely withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon.

An Israeli airstrike has killed one person and injured two others in Lebanon's southern towns of Ayta ash-Shab and Wazzani.