Defence`s Feeds

Nearly 20 states have sought to join the BRICS group of countries as more nations realize the benefits of joining the economic bloc, according to a senior Russian diplomat.

The EU warmly congratulates the people of Guinea-Bissau, the political actors and the election bodies for the calm, peaceful and highly participatory legislative elections that took place on 4 June for which final results were announced yesterday. The prompt acceptance of the results by all the main political leaders marks an important step in the consolidation of Bissau-Guinean democracy and stability.

Vietnamese security forces have arrested more than 50 people accused of being involved in last weekend's deadly attacks on two commune offices in central Dak Lak province, a Ministry of Public Security spokesman told state media on Friday.

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Words are not enough to alleviate the multiple crises afflicting Haiti, said the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday, in an appeal for urgent international action.

On 14 June 2023, under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff, Air Force Major General Turaly Koishikulov, representatives of interested ministries and agencies of the CSTO member States, the Secretariat and the CSTO United Headquarters held a videoconference to finalise, taking into account the positions received after the internal national coordination, the draft decision of the

Russia has called upon the UN Security Council to facilitate investigations into the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated the growing use of national currencies for cross-border exchanges signals the end of the hegemony of the US dollar.

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A Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who was abducted by Turkish agents in Kyrgyzstan in 2021 has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on a charge of "establishing an armed terrorist group," Turkish media reports said on June 16, adding that Orhan Inandi had been "brought to Turkey via an "operation" carried out by the National Intelligence Organization.

'The humanitarian situation in Syria remains critical and continues to deteriorate. Norway will provide approximately NOK 1.7 billion in support to assist those affected by war, earthquakes and a steep rise in food prices in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Türkiye,' said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.

Tension has been escalating in northern Syria between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants as Russia speaks about a roadmap to restore Syria-Türkiye ties.

An advisory group of political parties and civil society organizations opposed to Myanmar's military junta have condemned the Russian government's political support and continued sale of weapons to the regime.

A junta helicopter crashed near an air force base in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, killing the pilot and a trainee, local media reported Friday.

Junta troops have raided 14 camps belonging to anti-regime People's Defense Force militia in Myanmar's Sagaing and Magway regions over the past two weeks, killing 15 people, including women, militia officers said.

A woman was burned to death in her home when junta troops raided her village in Myanmar's northern Sagaing region, residents told RFA Thursday.

Recent reports have surfaced that the US and Iran have been "quietly" rekindling talks on Tehran's nuclear program. Indirect negotiations between the sides on a return to the 2015 JCPOA deal had earlier stalled, but the media reported that the Biden administration has been seeking a spate of commitments from Iran in return for concessions.

Iran accepted some limitations in the nuclear deal, aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but, from a technical point of view, it did not lose anything, says former Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi.

The Quds Base of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has announced that it dismantled a terrorist group in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.