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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jon Husted (R-OH) introduced a package of four bipartisan bills to strengthen America's national security and close loopholes that foreign adversaries, including China, can exploit.

Opposition Belarusian politician Alyaksandr Milinkevich, who ran for president in 2006, has died following an illness aged 79, according to a social media post by his stepson.

Members of Task Unit Marlin and 2/30 Training Group contributed aviation and ground-based capabilities respectively to Exercise Keris Strike for three weeks in July.

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Taiwan is trapped between sea rocks and a hard place: As the Philippines has filed documentation to strengthen its claims in the South China Sea, Taipei must balance asserting its own conflicting claims with building closer ties with Manila, especially as a potential ally against Chinese aggression, experts told Radio Free Asia.

Comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sparked political controversy in Kosovo, with the removal of a large Ukrainian flag in central Pristina and critical comments from the government.

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The discussion focused on the republic's socio-economic development over the period 2021-2025.

The 30th Mobile Brigade Combat Team's (MBCT) 230th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), Augmentation Company, marked its mobilization to support U.S. Central Command with a deployment ceremony Friday, Aug. 7. This will be the North Carolina National Guard's eighth unit mobilized since October 2025 to support one of the Department of War's federal missions, with four more preparing to deploy before the end of the year.

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A drone invaded Bulgaria's airspace across the border with Romania and exploded 100 meters after it reached the Bulgarian territory and some 1000 meters away from the Bulgarian compressor station of the Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline.

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Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement "War criminal state Japan's possession of the capability for preemptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security" on August 5:

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China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Tuesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan.

China succeeded in another orbital launch from sea on Wednesday, with Smart Dragon-3, developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT,) delivering Satellite 01 and 02 of the Dongfang Huiyan spatiotemporal intelligent constellation hyperspectral remote sensing satellite system into their designated orbits.

As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, Washington is debating how to sustain pressure on the Kremlin while confronting growing cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

The Philippine Navy (PN) on Wednesday announced that one of the country's most modern warships, the guided-missile frigate BRP Miguel Malvar, demonstrated its excellence in gunnery by winning third place in the Rim of the Pacific's (RIMPAC) Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) Rodeo multinational live-fire event.