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U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment conducted squad tactical exercises and live-fire training from Aug. 4-13, 2026 at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area, testing their ability to maneuver, communicate and engage targets in day and night conditions.

On August 17, 2026, President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner, Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay Mladenov and their teams at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

"Five years after the Taliban's seizure of power, France reaffirms its unfailing solidarity with the Afghan people. Five years on, Afghanistan still faces a deep humanitarian, economic and security crisis, which continues to worsen and is also threatening the stability of the region."

Minister Dimitar Stoyanov discussed the performance of the contract regarding the second batch of eight F-16 Block 70 aircraft with representatives of Lockheed Martin. During the discussions, the contractor reported difficulties that had arisen in the production process, which would result in a delay in their delivery to Bulgaria until the second quarter of 2030. The US side clarified that this deadline is not final and that every possible action will be taken to speed up production and expedite delivery.

A Marine in Kyushu, Japan, initiated a manufacturing job on a printer nearly 400 miles away in Okinawa.

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a government grant of EUR 4.8 million to the programme for northern Finland for a project to develop 5G/6G network technology that supports homeland defence. A consortium led by the University of Oulu will be responsible for implementing the project.

A new multi-purpose building for the Army Academy will be constructed in the Lappeenranta garrison area. The building will gather accommodation, training, library and storage facilities, as well as the maintenance and common facilities supporting them, under one roof.

A new headquarters building for NATO's Multi-Corps Land Component Command North (MCLCC-N) will be constructed in the Karkialampi garrison area in Mikkeli.

Germany stands firmly by the side of the people in Ukraine, providing far-reaching military, civilian, financial, humanitarian and diplomatic support. Read on for more information about what Germany is doing to help.

On 21-23 July 2026, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), under the Support to Operations Directorate, successfully hosted the NATO/Ukraine Strategic Defence Procurement Review (SDPR) Consolidation Workshops in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Iran's top security official says the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, where Iran has imposed restrictions on transit since early March because of the US-Israeli aggression against the country, will only happen when the United States accepts Iran's conditions.

Taiwan's top agency on China has "strongly condemned" Beijing's plan to hold a naval exercise with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan, calling it a "military provocation" that infringes on Taiwan's sovereignty and threatens regional security.

The national capital territory of Delhi is witnessing a sharp surge in H1N1 influenza cases, multiple local media reports said Tuesday.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has proven it can be a key player in major military operations after successfully taking part in one of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) largest-ever multination exercises in the Northern Territory.

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Two unmanned aerial systems drifting in the Black Sea were destroyed during a controlled operation on Tuesday, August 11th, by Romanian Naval Forces EOD divers.

The Department of National Defense (DND) on Wednesday hailed the Senate for its unanimous concurrence in the ratification of the Status of Visiting Forces Agreements (SOVFA) with Canada and New Zealand, aimed at enhancing defense cooperation between partner nations.

Hungary's parliament on Tuesday elected former Supreme Court chief Andras Baka as the country's new president.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have stressed the need to strengthen economic ties, improve security coordination along shared borders and counter terrorist threats.

China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Chijiang rejected a US-led joint statement concerning ballistic missile launch notifications at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday, stressing that China's legitimate and reasonable defense modernization should not be called into question and Beijing's goodwill in providing advance notification of missile launches should not be hijacked by geopolitical calculations. Li also said China firmly opposes attempts by certain countries to misuse the conference as a platform for political manipulation.