Information German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bilateral security agreement worth €1.13 billion ($1.22 billion) in Berlin on Friday. This agreement, named the “Munich Package”, is focused on air defence and artillery and includes provisions of 120,000 rounds of 122-millimetre calibre ammunition and an additional 100 IRIS-T SLS missiles for […]
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Information South Africa’s efforts to promote peace and security in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have encountered a tragic beginning. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) reported on Thursday that two of its soldiers lost their lives in a mortar strike near the city of Goma. Additionally, three soldiers sustained injuries during
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Information According to a Defense Ministry spokesman and NATO forecast, Germany will meet NATO’s defence spending target of 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time since the early 1990s. German news agency DPA reported that the German government has allocated $73.41 billion (€68.58 billion) for defence spending in the current year,
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Information With major wars being waged on multiple continents, the world is facing “what is likely to be a more dangerous decade,” a British military think-tank said on Tuesday. “The current military-security situation heralds what is likely to be a more dangerous decade, characterised by the brazen application by some of the military power to
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Information An appeals court in the Netherlands has ordered the Dutch government to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel. The ruling was made due to concerns over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The court’s judge, Bas Boele, stated that there is a risk that the exported parts could be used in serious violations
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Trump slammed over threat to ‘encourage’ attacks on NATO Former President Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack NATO members who do not meet their financial obligations. The White House has called the remarks “appalling and unhinged.” Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution Processions across the country drew hundreds of thousands of
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Information Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted the invincibility of Russia and placed the responsibility for ending the war in Ukraine squarely on the shoulders of the Ukrainian government in a recent extensive interview with Tucker Carlson, a right-wing former Fox News host. Putin also explicitly denied any plans to invade Poland or Latvia and suggested
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Information Russia’s Central Election Commission has rejected the presidential candidacy of Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal opposition figure and anti-war activist. Nadezhdin had been considered the opposition’s best hope, but the commission cited a large number of incorrect signatures from supporters, justifying its decision on Thursday. Nadezhdin submitted his bid at the end of January and
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Information Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni launched a summit of African leaders in Rome to present a development plan called the Mattei Plan. The plan aims to increase investment in Africa to reduce Mediterranean sea migration. During her electoral campaign, Meloni promised to reduce migration, but the number of arrivals in Italy increased significantly last
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