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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Shri Suvendu Adhikari, presided over the Bhumi Pujan ceremony for three expansion projects of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) and two of Yantra India Limited (YIL), worth a total investment of approximately Rs 3,500 crore, virtually from GRSE Bhavan in Kolkata on August 23, 2026.

The sixth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump has said Canada wants "the benefits of being a State, without being one" after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday, BBC reported.

Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States after the latest round of talks collapsed, with Prime Minister Mark Carney ordering negotiators to return to Ottawa.

French leader Emmanuel Macron vowed to accelerate delivery of new air interceptor missiles to Kyiv following devastating Russian attacks on a Ukrainian city and a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Erdogan is an antisemitic dictator who has massacred Kurds, harbors Hamas terrorists, occupies half of Cyprus, and jails record numbers of journalists and politicians who oppose him."

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rejected the Chinese Embassy's latest claims regarding the BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal, saying no binding commitment was made to remove the grounded Philippine Navy vessel from the disputed feature.

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In a call with his Iranian counterpart, Egypt's foreign minister underlined the importance of diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the US-Iran conflict and the need to ensure freedom of navigation in the Gulf region, the ministry in Cairo said.

In response to US President Donald Trump's 50 percent tariffs, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that Canada would impose retaliatory tariffs on US steel, electronics and other imports starting September 8, media reported.

Taiwan's proposed 2027 defense budget sends a signal that should resonate with the White House, which has urged allies and partners to increase defense spending, a U.S. scholar said Friday.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto spoke highly of China's development achievements and called for overall strategic cooperation with China during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defense Minister Dong Jun in Jakarta on Friday, according to a release from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Search-and-rescue operations continued at the site of a devastating Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih, as Russia continues to launch strikes across Ukraine.

The Lebanon-based Hezbollah has vowed to continue on what it called the "path of resistance" against Israel despite its redesignation by the United States as a terrorist group.

Tehran has granted permission to Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reported on August 22.

Tehran and Muscat have held discussions on the revival of talks and maritime navigation in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump said on August 21 that he views the Strait of Hormuz as "American territory," as US forces continued a naval blockade of Iran.

Tehran warned countries against participating in the "economic war" vowed by US leaders against the Islamic republic, saying they would be considered enemies.

Commander of Iran's Missing-in-Action Search Committee Brigadier General Mohammad Bagherzadeh has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to send an air ambulance to Qatar to facilitate the urgent return of the Iranian pilots held there, whom he said are severely injured and in bad health conditions.