Defence`s Feeds

The first high level diplomatic meeting held between India and the Taliban leadership marked a significant step in rebuilding New Delhi's influence in Afghanistan, according to analysts. They say New Delhi's growing engagement with the Taliban is prompted by strategic considerations in the Central Asian country that has important implications for its security and is likely to deepen amid growing tensions between the Taliban

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN General Assembly briefing by the UN Secretary-General on his 2025 priorities.

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Yemen.

"As I wrap up my visit to Sudan, where the conflict rages on unabated, at least 120 people were reportedly killed following shelling in Omdurman on 13 and 14 January. Early reports indicate that there were children among the casualties. Just days before, between 7 and 8 January, 23 children were reportedly killed and nine injured by shelling in Khartoum State. These are only

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, has expressed deep concern over reports of recent attacks against civilians.

I am horrified by the recent mass killing of fishermen and farmers in Borno States's Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) reportedly by members of a non-state armed group (NSAG).

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has condemned a deadly Israeli airstrike targeting the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, emphasizing that such massacres will fail to undermine the determination and willpower of the resistance front there.

Interpol red notices were issued for 2 Cambodian suspects who may have coordinated on the shooting with the gunman.

Authorities in Kosovo raided municipal offices in 10 Serbia-backed areas as the government continues to press the closure of so-called parallel institutions that gave Belgrade leverage in its former province.

The United States and Armenia on January 14 signed a strategic partnership agreement expanding cooperation in security and several of areas as Yerevan seeks to distance itself from traditional ally Russia.

Yemeni movement Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, said on Wednesday that they attacked the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman for the sixth time since it arrived in the Red Sea.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that the best way to prevent war is to prepare for it, and that NATO states should change their mindset to a "wartime" one.

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The United States is deeply concerned by the findings of the United Nations Group of Experts December 2024 midterm report on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Sin January Lithuania received a delivery of half a hundred world's most advanced armored personnel carriers Joint Light Tactical Vehicles JLTV.

President Gitanas Nausėda, together with the Heads of State and Government of the Nordic and Baltic countries, has today appointed the former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to prepare an independent report with policy recommendations aimed at advancing Nordic-Baltic security and defense cooperation.

The Norwegian Armed Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps, and other NATO allies, are scheduled to conduct Exercise Joint Viking 25 in March 2025. Allied militaries have been conducting unit-level cold weather training in Norway since the beginning of January in preparation for the exercise.

Today and tomorrow, 15 - 16 January 2025, NATO's highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, meets in Chiefs of Defence format at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

On January 15, Thursday, Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė conducted a visit to The Hague.