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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.

An Israeli drone attack on the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenin has left at least six Palestinians dead and several others injured, news sources reported.

Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit the ruling coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire deal.

The Yemeni Army says it has targeted American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.

The Philippine Army (PA) said communist insurgents are no longer capable of disrupting or influencing the 2025 midterm elections.

An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is doubtful that China can get permission from the Philippines over the conduct of marine scientific research (MSR) within the latter's territory.

The Philippine government is set to raise its concerns over recent developments in the West Philippine Sea, and highly likely Beijing's deployment of its so-called "monster ship" near Zambales, during the two states' scheduled bilateral meeting on Thursday.

The Japanese government will strengthen its cooperation and maritime security support to the Philippines "in response to the developments in the South China Sea (SCS)".

Upon the invitation of Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, his Japanese counterpart Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi undertook an official visit to the Philippines from 14 to 15 January 2025.

Pakistan strongly rejects the baseless accusations and unfounded assertions made by India's Defence Minister and Chief of Army Staff on 13 and 14 January 2025.

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