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Jihadists remain a major threat to the country, the security agency BfV has warned Jihadist pose a serious domestic security risk to Germany, the security agency BfV warned on Tuesday, singling out the Afghanistan-based offshoot of the once-powerful terrorist organization Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). The group, designated ISPK by the German intelligence service, “has…

The $360 million deal will provide Taipei with hundreds of armed drones and missiles, the State Department has said The US State Department has approved a new weapons sale to Taiwan involving hundreds of armed drones and missiles worth $360 million, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has said. Under the deal that was…

Pyongyang has the right to defend its sovereignty from the US, the Russian leader has said Moscow and Pyongyang have pledged to assist each other against foreign aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday during a visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. He and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un, signed a…

Budapest previously said it would veto Mark Rutte’s candidacy over his remarks about Hungary’s government Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who hopes to become NATO’s next secretary general, has made a deal with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in exchange for the latter’s endorsement of his appointment, according to media reports. Rutte’s candidacy has been…

China was conspicuously absent from last weekend’s summit, with multiple Global South nations refusing to sign the final communique The next conference on the Ukraine conflict will not take place in the West, Swiss Ambassador Gabriel Luechinger has stated. The senior diplomat, who helped organize last weekend’s gathering at Switzerland’s Burgenstock Resort, indicated that discussions…

Chancellor Karl Nehammer has dismissed a warning from his own defense minister on striking Russia Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer does not perceive the decision by NATO nations to allow Kiev to use their weapons against Russia outside of what they consider Ukrainian territory as a cause for concern. Speaking with the NZZ media group, Neuhammer…

The chief of NATO recently said bloc members have taken “longer than they should” to ramp up military output Western defense companies are recruiting workers at the fastest rate since the end of the Сold War, the Financial Times has reported. The hiring spree comes as governments have ramped up military spending since the start…

The number of operational warheads is on the rise globally, a Swedish think tank has found The world is in “one of the most dangerous periods in human history” as global powers boost their atomic arsenals and nuclear weapons play an increasingly “prominent” role in international relations, a Swedish think tank said on Monday.  …

The Israeli military earlier announced plans to halt fighting in parts of the enclave to allow aid in to the territory Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized a decision by the military to implement a daily halt to fighting along a route through southern Gaza to facilitate aid delivery, Reuters and Israeli media have…

A Reuters report revealed the Pentagon spread disinformation about Sinovac shots in Asia at the height of the pandemic The alleged Pentagon-staged social media campaign targeting China’s Covid vaccine was likely a case of trying to suppress competition, Marcello Ferrada de Noli, a Swedish epidemiology professor emeritus and former research fellow at Harvard Medical School,…

An 11-hour window will allow aid deliveries into the southern part of the war-torn Palestinian enclave, the IDF has said The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has revealed plans for pauses in its military operation for several hours each day in areas of southern Gaza, citing the need to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to…

The Chinese president is reportedly wary of a clash with Washington, as it would ruin his plans for the nation’s “great rejuvenation” Xi Jinping has said that the US tried to provoke the Chinese military into attacking Taiwan but that Beijing did not take the bait, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing sources. According…