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The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Friday tracked and sent warnings to three Philippine aircraft that illegally entered the airspace over China's Huangyan Dao without authorization from the Chinese government, a Chinese military spokesperson said.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that during his visit to Iraq, it was decided that economic cooperation between the two countries would be operationalized during the visit of an Iraqi Chamber of Commerce delegation to Iran and their meeting with Chamber experts and business leaders.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart Seyyed Badr Albusaidi on the revival of talks and maritime navigation in the Strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Ahmad Vahidi says the enemies will never halt their hostility and conspiracies against the Iranian nation, stressing the need to strengthen the country's defensive and offensive capabilities.

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said Friday that China is ready to work with Indonesia to further tap the potential for defense cooperation and create more highlights in bilateral cooperation.

The United States and Canada failed to reach a trade deal on Friday, and the White House said that it would impose 50 percent tariffs on certain imports from Canada.

Taiwan will extend entry restrictions on residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another 90 days until Nov. 28, with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of Ebola being imported into the country, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.

Exercise Northern Viking 26, a U.S.-led joint and Allied live exercise, is underway in Iceland, bringing together Allied forces as they demonstrate NATO's ability to operate together in defence of both Iceland, and the strategically vital sea lines of communication across the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap.

Today, the Department of Justice released an opinion for the Department of State's Legal Advisor finding that the Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB)'s unchecked power over the U.S. Foreign Service violates the Constitution.

Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the Office of Legal Counsel's (OLC) declaration that the Foreign Service Grievance Board is unconstitutional.

"The firing of Erik Slavin, editor of Stars and Stripes, is another brazen attempt by the Pentagon to dictate coverage of the military and should be immediately reversed."

The Department of the Army today announced its newest project under the Army's Strategic Capital Initiative (SCI) - a landmark collaboration with a FedEx Dataworks-led team of logistics and technology experts, to undertake a sweeping modernization of its domestic non-tactical logistics networks, supply chain procedures, and Organic Industrial Base (OIB) sites.

In a critical first step to modernize and secure global maritime environments, the Navy's Precision Strike Weapons program office (PMX-201) recently awarded two contracts for the development of the Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) weapon system.

US allies are increasingly questioning Washington's capacity to sustain major military conflicts in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia simultaneously, as the war with Iran depletes critical weapons stockpiles and undermines the credibility of American security guarantees, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Norway for UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $2.3 billion.

The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Italy for purchase of Guidance Section Single Variant Air-to-Air Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $364 million.

The absence of war in Afghanistan in the five years since the Taliban retook power as international forces withdrew from the country doesn't mean security for the Afghan people, according to a panel discussion hosted by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down.

A Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in the south-central Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih killed at least 16 people and left more than 100 others injured, including several children, local authorities said.

Close monitoring of the airspace, high speed and a high operational ceiling, agile maneuverability, and precise guidance and target engagement-these are the capabilities of Alexa Spatium, the first Ukrainian jet-powered drone interceptor added to the arsenal of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.