Live-fire action marks Day 2 of Beijing’s military drills near Taiwan

Mainland Chinese ground forces conducted live-fire drills targeting simulated key infrastructure in the East China Sea on Wednesday, as part of the PLA’s continuing military exercises near Taiwan.

Finland will exit global anti-personnel mines treaty

Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel mines, also known as the Ottawa Convention, and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country's President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.

Chinese forces encircle Taiwan on three sides during drills

 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues its large-scale military exercise north, south and east of the island of Taiwan, the PLA's Eastern Theater Command said in a statement.

Iran seizes 2 Tankers smuggling Fuel in Persian Gulf

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized two foreign oil tankers that were carrying smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

Trump's son says Le Pen's verdict proves Vance right about EU

The sentence handed down to Marine Le Pen, the head of the parliamentary faction of the French National Rally party, proves US Vice President JD Vance is right about the EU, son of the American leader Donald Trump Jr. said on X.

Syria’s Kurds reject legitimacy of "new government"

The Kurdish-led administration in northwestern Syria on Sunday rejected the legitimacy of the new national government formed by the coalition that toppled Bashar al-Assad in December.

France, UK assisted Ukraine in strike on Sudzha gas metering station — FM (Maria Zakharova)

There is reason to believe that the Ukrainian strike on the Sudzha gas metering station was carried out with the assistance of French satellite systems, while British specialists input the coordinates and hit the launch button, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated in response to the Kiev regime’s latest attack on Russia’s energy facilities.

Paris summit fails to reach consensus on military mission to Ukraine — Macron

Participants of the Paris summit did not reach a unanimous agreement on deploying military forces to Ukraine as part of a so-called peacekeeping mission, and the format of such a mission remains undecided, said French President Emmanuel Macron.