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Taiwan's military will hold the Tien Ma Exercises next week in Pingtung County, during which a new generation of TOW missile launch platforms will be tested as part of night-time shooting drills for the first time, a military source said.

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Wednesday called on democratic nations to take "concrete action" to address the threat of China's authoritarian expansion, noting that Taiwan was not the only target as Beijing sought to change the international order.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday urged the world's democratic countries to come together and act to prevent China from expanding authoritarianism and changing the rules-based international order.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his first visit to Azerbaijan in six years, marveled at how Baku, the capital city, had developed. "It's an oasis, I would say, in the region," he said at an August 19 meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.

Oleg Chistyakov, also known as Olegs Čitsjakovs, 55, of Latvia, made his initial appearance in a federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, today after being extradited from Latvia. Chistyakov is the third defendant in this case to face charges in connection with a years-long conspiracy to sell sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian companies, after Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine and despite heightened additional U.S.

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The Albanese Government will contribute up to $850 million in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture and service missiles at Williamtown near Newcastle.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday co-chaired the 29th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow and said China is ready to work with Russia to strengthen all-round practical cooperation between the two countries, and push the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to a new level.

Chinese officials and industry representatives on Wednesday lashed out at the European Commission(EC) for its newly released draft definitive findings of the probe against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), warning that the EU's wrong, protectionist action seriously undermines mutual trust and cooperation between China and the EU as it hurts Chinese firms' confidence in the EU market.

Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that he will not participate in the upcoming election for the sixth-term chief executive.

In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed an Iranian-backed Houthi surface-to-air missile and radar system in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.

The Greek-flagged oil products tanker, Sounion, was attacked by two small boats and hit by multiple projectiles in the Red Sea near Yemen, according to the media sources.

August 2024 was a time of excitement and successes for Botswana, from the country's first ever gold medal in the Olympic games, to the completion of exercise Southern Accord 2024 back home. In their own uniquely analogous ways, the two accomplishments highlight the teamwork, cooperation and perseverance needed to achieve strategic wins.

The 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced, 2d Theater Signal Brigade, embarked on a significant mission in June 2024 - fielding the Phoenix E, a crucial step in replacing the older Phoenix D system.

USNS City of Bismarck and U.S. Air Force personnel arrived in Quang Ngai, Vietnam on August 19, marking the beginning of the Vietnam mission stop for Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) and Pacific Angel 2024-3 (PA24-3).

Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) and U.S. Air Force personnel arrived in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, August 19, marking the beginning of the Vietnam mission stop for Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) and Pacific Angel 2024-3 (PA24-3).

A U.S. State Department official was in Nigeria this week to meet with local and regional authorities about the responsible use of artificial intelligence in military applications.

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