Defence`s Feeds

The government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have agreed to establish a ceasefire, which will begin on August 3, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Friday.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 24-hour countrywide ceasefire beginning on June 10 at 6:00 a.m. Khartoum time.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Kyrgyz lawmakers to withdraw a controversial "foreign agents" bill, calling it "a highly repressive draft law" that is intended to "discredit and stigmatize" civil society groups that receive foreign funding similar to a law in Russia that has had a chilling effect on nongovernmental organizations.

Tens of thousands of people marched on June 9 in another anti-government protest in Belgrade criticizing the government's response to two mass shootings last month in which 18 people died.

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Before dawn a small crowd forms at a huddle of blue and green buildings beside the airport runway that dominates Tuvalu's most populated coral island.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday warned supporters of opposition leader Sam Rainsy that they will be prosecuted if they continue their association with him.

Sudan's government has declared the UN envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata" two weeks after the army chief accused him of fueling the country's internal conflicts and called for his removal.

Nearly a year since being sworn in as president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is getting mixed reviews from political analysts.

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Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) aircraft joined 2 B-1B Lancers over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, along with five partner nations and other coalition forces, during a Bomber Task Force mission, June 8.

More than 170 anti-junta paramilitary groups from Myanmar's northern, embattled Sagaing region have held talks to deepen cooperation in their fight against the military and share strategies for administering areas under their control.

A rights group has revealed that Israel provided Myanmar's military junta with arms equipment despite a US and European Union embargo imposed over the country's genocide against members of the Rohingya Muslim minority.

US Justice Department prosecutors will pursue a speedy trial in the criminal case involving former US President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, special counsel Jack Smith said on Friday.

"Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice."

The White House has rejected a media report which said that China was planning to build a spy base in Cuba, just 90 miles away from the continental USA.

China on Friday criticized the US' long-term interference in Cuba's internal affairs and urged it to stop undermining the political foundation of bilateral relations while claiming to build "guardrails" on China-US relations after the US media's hype of China's so-called deal of building a spy station in Cuba.

Discussions are underway for the opening of Chinese banks in Bolivia as La Paz officials consider following the controversial path already taken by Brazil and Argentina to trade with China in its currency, the yuan.

The Central banks of China and Argentina recently renewed their bilateral currency swap agreement with a size of 130 billion yuan/4.5 trillion Argentine pesos ($18.2 billion). The agreement is valid for three years, the People's Bank of China (PBC), China's central bank, said on Friday.

First came the chengguan, or Urban Management Law Enforcement Force, which aimed to bring order to the city streets of China. Then came the nongguan, the Agricultural Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Force, which ripped up unapproved crops and brought order to the countryside.