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(Adnkronos) – Ten days of joint exercises between the USA and the Philippines have begun in the aftermath of Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan and after months of tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The annual ‘Kamandag’

(Adnkronos) – Tensions remain high on the Korean peninsula. North Korea has blown up stretches of roads connecting with South Korea, the South Korean military said. According to the Seoul General Staff, reports the South Korean agency Yonhap, sections of two roads

(Adnkronos) – Another day of tension in the skies of Taiwan. The Taipei Defense Ministry reported detecting a total of 153 Chinese fighter jets around the island, following the conclusion of Beijing’s maneuvers. The military aircraft were detected in 25 hours up

(Adnkronos) – Great Britain has imposed sanctions against Iranian military leaders after the October 1 missile attack on Israel. This was announced by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, according to whom Iran had ignored repeated warnings that its “dangerous actions” – and those

(Adnkronos) – Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong un, has accused the South Korean military of sending drones that dropped propaganda leaflets over Pyonyang, although Seoul has denied the alleged use of unmanned aircraft in the neighboring

(Adnkronos) – “There will be no withdrawal” of Unifil from Lebanon. This was assured by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, responding to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, who yesterday asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the withdrawal of Unifil forces “from Hezbollah

(Adnkronos) – Martin Naumann, a former Stasi agent, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Polish citizen Czesław Kukuczka, which took place in March 1974 at the border crossing between former East and West Germany in Berlin.

(Adnkronos) – Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents have used captured Palestinians, including minors, as human shields, forcing them to search for Hamas explosives among rubble, in tunnels, generators and water tanks, to avoid putting