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China has already made clear its position on the test launch. The claims by the Palauan side are completely groundless, malicious in intent and not worth mentioning, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday.

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On the afternoon of August 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Commission on China, and Ro Khanna, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and six other House Members sent a letter to President Trump expressing serious concern about his decision to allow an Executive Order to lapse. The decision resulted in sanctions relief for Chinese and Hong Kong officials complicit in Beijing's dismantling of Hong Kong's autonomy.

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HMAS Diamantina has returned to Cairns after her six-week contribution to Operation Render Safe.

Two Washington Army National Guard Soldiers joined Malaysian and active-duty U.S. Army counterparts for a weeklong working group, Aug. 3-7, at Camp Terendek in Melaka, Malaysia, focused on strengthening the Malaysian Army's expeditionary capabilities.

U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment conducted squad tactical exercises and live-fire training from Aug. 4-13, 2026 at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area, testing their ability to maneuver, communicate and engage targets in day and night conditions.

On August 17, 2026, President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner, Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay Mladenov and their teams at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

"Five years after the Taliban's seizure of power, France reaffirms its unfailing solidarity with the Afghan people. Five years on, Afghanistan still faces a deep humanitarian, economic and security crisis, which continues to worsen and is also threatening the stability of the region."

A Marine in Kyushu, Japan, initiated a manufacturing job on a printer nearly 400 miles away in Okinawa.

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a government grant of EUR 4.8 million to the programme for northern Finland for a project to develop 5G/6G network technology that supports homeland defence. A consortium led by the University of Oulu will be responsible for implementing the project.

A new multi-purpose building for the Army Academy will be constructed in the Lappeenranta garrison area. The building will gather accommodation, training, library and storage facilities, as well as the maintenance and common facilities supporting them, under one roof.

A new headquarters building for NATO's Multi-Corps Land Component Command North (MCLCC-N) will be constructed in the Karkialampi garrison area in Mikkeli.

Germany stands firmly by the side of the people in Ukraine, providing far-reaching military, civilian, financial, humanitarian and diplomatic support. Read on for more information about what Germany is doing to help.

On 21-23 July 2026, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), under the Support to Operations Directorate, successfully hosted the NATO/Ukraine Strategic Defence Procurement Review (SDPR) Consolidation Workshops in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Iran's top security official says the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, where Iran has imposed restrictions on transit since early March because of the US-Israeli aggression against the country, will only happen when the United States accepts Iran's conditions.

Taiwan's top agency on China has "strongly condemned" Beijing's plan to hold a naval exercise with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan, calling it a "military provocation" that infringes on Taiwan's sovereignty and threatens regional security.

The national capital territory of Delhi is witnessing a sharp surge in H1N1 influenza cases, multiple local media reports said Tuesday.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has proven it can be a key player in major military operations after successfully taking part in one of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) largest-ever multination exercises in the Northern Territory.