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On 21 August, the Federal Council decided to adopt further measures of the EU's 14th package of sanctions against Russia. These measures will take effect on 27 August. On 9 July, 69 individuals and 47 entities were already added to Switzerland's sanctions list.

The first joint training within Russian-Mongol Selenga 2024 exercise takes place in Mongolia.

A Northern Fleet detachment of warships consisting of the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov and the large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky left the port of Dudinka in the direction of the Kara Sea.

Russia's Yak-52 is a single-engine, tandem-seat trainer aircraft designed by Yakovlev Design Bureau. The model is a derivative of the Yak-50 and is known for its impressive aerobatic capabilities and robust design.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya after nearly 13 years, commending Russia as "utterly invincible" amid Ukraine's aggression on the country's soil.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang in the Kremlin.

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The German Foreign Ministry's statements that Berlin is sharing information with Moscow on the Nord Stream terrorist attacks are a lie, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

A new test facility, one of the largest in Europe, will help military kit to be better protected from attempts to jam GPS devices.

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China can show goodwill in the stalled resumption of cross-Taiwan Strait tourism-oriented travel, by first allowing Chinese tourists to visit the Kinmen Islands for a major holiday in early October, a lawmaker representing the Taiwan-controlled islands said Wednesday.

A research fellow at Academia Sinica introduced the concept of "Silicon Shield 2.0" at a security forum in Taipei on Wednesday, saying it was not "Taiwan centric," but seeks to integrate Taiwan into international supply chains.

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"Chandrayaan 3 was a milestone, Chandrayaan 4 and 5 will follow," announced Union Minister Dr

The KP.3.1.1 COVID-19 variant, now the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant circulating in the United States, has been causing increasing infections in the country, the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed.

Foreign investment in Myanmar has dropped precipitously in the three and a half years since the military seized power from a democratically elected government, according to officials and observers, as companies weigh the risks of operating in a nation engulfed in civil war.

Twenty-six members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority drowned when their boat capsized as they were trying to flee to Bangladesh, witnesses said, an accident likely to compound fears that the largely Muslim community is facing a new round of genocide.

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In response to a question about the anti-Iranian claim of the head of the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the nuclear weapons have never had a place in Iran's defense and security doctrine.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appreciated the country's parliament for its vote of confidence in his list of Cabinet ministers, saying the fact that the legislature approved all the ministers is a sign of high level of cooperation and synergy between the two branches of the government.