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Two unmanned aerial systems drifting in the Black Sea were destroyed during a controlled operation on Tuesday, August 11th, by Romanian Naval Forces EOD divers.

The Department of National Defense (DND) on Wednesday hailed the Senate for its unanimous concurrence in the ratification of the Status of Visiting Forces Agreements (SOVFA) with Canada and New Zealand, aimed at enhancing defense cooperation between partner nations.

Hungary's parliament on Tuesday elected former Supreme Court chief Andras Baka as the country's new president.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have stressed the need to strengthen economic ties, improve security coordination along shared borders and counter terrorist threats.

China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Chijiang rejected a US-led joint statement concerning ballistic missile launch notifications at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday, stressing that China's legitimate and reasonable defense modernization should not be called into question and Beijing's goodwill in providing advance notification of missile launches should not be hijacked by geopolitical calculations. Li also said China firmly opposes attempts by certain countries to misuse the conference as a platform for political manipulation.

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Russia used North Korean missiles in a deadly attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on August 11.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's decision to formalize six senior military and security postings within 48 hours is less a personnel story than the closing chapter of a five-month improvisation.

At least six people were killed in strikes that Yemen's internationally recognized government blamed on Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeting an Egyptian-owned cargo ship near the Bab el-Mandeb strait on August 11, according to the country's coastguard.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said no approval from any foreign power is needed in resupplying BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57), which is standing watch over Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Philippines (the), Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously concurred in separate visiting forces agreements with Canada and New Zealand, opening wider avenues for joint military training and defense cooperation while requiring that Philippine sovereignty and laws remain paramount.

The United States will not be able to replenish the Javelin anti-tank missiles transferred to Ukraine until at least 2030, according to Pentagon budget documents reviewed by Sputnik.

A former US Marine who has been held in a Russian prison since 2022 and had been reported to be in serious medical condition has been freed and is being flown back to the United States.

China's Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday that Chinese and Indonesian naval vessels will conduct a navigation exercise in waters east of Taiwan island in mid-August. It will be the first time the Chinese and a foreign navy have conducted an exercise in the waters, as a Chinese military affairs expert told the Global Times on Tuesday that the exercise carries great significance, demonstrating China's sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the exclusive economic zone east of Taiwan island.

Yard 3037 (Shruti), Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV), was launched at M/s GRSE, Kolkata on 11 Aug 2026 by Mrs Manika Sadhu, in the presence of Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition.

Myanmar's military has carried out a sustained campaign of deliberate attacks on civilians - including airstrikes on homes, schools and camps for displaced people, alongside arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violence - according to Human Rights Council-appointed investigators.

Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days.

At least 2,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues, AP reported.