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The European Union (EU) unveiled a new Arctic strategy on Tuesday aimed at strengthening security, protecting critical infrastructure and expanding economic cooperation in the region amid growing geopolitical competition and accelerating climate change, according to Xinhua.

Despite Washington's expanding military footprint in Greenland, a development that strains the transatlantic alliance, the EU unveiled its new "Strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, which will reportedly carry heightened geopolitical rivalry and military-security overtones. Meanwhile, an EU senior official also sought to counter so-called China-Russia efforts to "dominate" the Arctic Circle.

A joint project by Lithuania's defence technology company RSI Europe and Estonia's Odin Defence, developed under the European Defence Industrial Strategy, has been selected for funding under the European Defence Industry Programme's (EDIP) Industrial Reinforcement Actions, specifically the "Energetic Components" call for proposals. The project will receive EUR 29.5 million in EU funding. The Ministry of National Defence backed the proposal as it aligns with a priority area in developing the Lithuanian defence industry-specifically, boosting ammunition production capacity.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Tuesday.

At a time of growing security challenges andincreasing demand for multinational defence cooperation, OCCAR today celebrated its 25th Anniversary in the presence of High-Level representatives of its six Member States, reaffirming the Organisation's role as an essential pillar of European armament cooperation.

Members states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must unite to combat growing security threats in the region, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said on Tuesday as he welcomed delegates to the 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) in Makati City under the Philippines' 2026 ASEAN chairship.

The Philippine Air Force and the Philippine Army Interoperability Exercise (PAF-PA IOX) aims to strengthen the Armed Forces of the Philippines' defense capabilities in responding to maritime and coastal security threats.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed Uzbekistan on October 20 for India after meetings with all five Central Asian countries, wrapping up a visit aimed at expanding Washington's economic and diplomatic engagement with a region increasingly intent on shaping its own international partnerships.

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In the early hours of Tuesday, the US littoral combat ship USS Charleston illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Xianbin Jiao of China's Nansha Qundao without approval from the Chinese government. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command Navy dispatched forces to track and monitor the US vessel in accordance with laws and regulations, Yin Gang, a spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command Navy, said in a statement on Tuesday.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today expressed alarm at the encirclement of Taiz by de facto authorities in Yemen, saying they must immediately allow humanitarian relief to reach the city, to avert a human rights catastrophe.

This is a summary of what was said by the UNICEF Country Representative in Yemen Akhil Iyer - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that the ballistic missile launcher used by the terrorist Houthi militia in today's attack on Riyadh was destroyed

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that a UAV was intercepted and destroyed in Riyadh Region

More than 53 people were killed and over 200 others injured Monday in a Houthi attack targeting a security training center in Yemen's southern province of Shabwa, Anadolu Agency reported.

Honourable Members,