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The 13th edition of the Sri Lanka-India bilateral maritime exercise, SLINEX-26, is being conducted at Visakhapatnam from 17 to 21 Sep 26. The exercise commenced with the Harbour Phase, which will be followed by the Sea Phase.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.

"The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, met in Ottawa to reaffirm the strong and enduring partnership between both countries.

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Major General Mohsen Rezaei in a message has announced the Islamic Republic of Iran's seven conditions to the US government for the commencement of any negotiations.

The Philippine Navy (PN) on Sunday said the proposal of Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. to develop an "expeditionary navy" to protect the country's merchant shipping and crew members is in sync with its defensive mandate.

China on Friday urged the Philippines to stop all acts of infringement and provocation, warning that the Philippine side would bear all consequences that arise from such actions.

Chinese military sources told the Global Times that New Zealand's frigate HMNZS Te Mana and replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa transited the Taiwan Straits on September 18. The Chinese People's Liberation Army tracked and monitored the vessels and maintained vigilance throughout their passage, with the situation fully under control.

The Department of Foreign Affairs reaffirms the Philippines' adherence to its One China Policy, in accordance with the 1975 Joint Communiqué between the Philippines and China, in which the Philippines recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China. This policy remains consistent, clear and unchanged.

The Philippines' One China Policy remains unchanged, but it does not prevent the country from pursuing relations with Taiwan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Sunday.

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China completed six orbital launches in less than a week with a 100 percent success rate after a Kinetica-1 carrier rocket successfully sent nine satellites into orbit on Sunday afternoon, highlighting the country's increasingly intensive launch cadence and expanding space transportation capacity.

China launched a group of satellites on Saturday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.

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Yemen's Houthi group said Saturday that it had launched large-scale attacks targeting the Saudi capital Riyadh and Yanbu, a major industrial and energy hub on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, marking a major escalation in the confrontation between the two sides.

Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stressed that Estonia's assessment of Russia's State Duma elections remains unchanged: these are neither free nor fair elections. Their sole purpose is to consolidate Vladimir Putin's grip on power and create the illusion of a functioning democratic process.

The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have deployed joint peace mechanisms to de-escalate tensions arising from a localized conflict (rido) in the Special Geographic Area (SGA), the Government Peace Implementing Panel said Sunday.

Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has strongly rejected the latest US claims about the Strait of Hormuz, saying the initiative in the strategic waterway is firmly in Iran's hands.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei says US President Donald Trump waged a foolish war on Iran and is foolishly continuing it. However, Iran stands ready to give a stronger and more painful response should the US resume military aggression, as it did during the 40-day conflict that began earlier this year.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says that Iran will not abondon its right to be present in the UN General Assembly, stressing that attending the UN meeting is not a prividlege given by Washington.

Regarding the international disaster relief activities in the Republic of Indonesia,JS Kunisaki departed Kijin Port today and proceeded to a position offshore Ketapang, Kalimantan Island.