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23 January

Zelensky Vows Strong Response After 18 Killed, 130 Wounded in Russian Strikes

A wave of Russian missiles killed 18 people and wounded more than a hundred, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a forceful response.

23 January

Europe

Croatian soldiers salute on top of armored vehicles during a parade in Zagreb

Ronald Watkins

Croatia Mulls Return of Military Conscription

Croatia’s defense ministry has recommended military conscription be reinstated and military training be put back in the secondary school curriculum.

23 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Curfew in North-Central Nigeria State After More Violence

Nigerian officials declared a curfew in parts of a north-central Nigerian state after more attacks amid a recent surge in intercommunal violence.

23 January

Middle East

Joe Saballa

Saab Wins GlobalEye Early Warning Aircraft Support Contract From UAE

The United Arab Emirates has awarded Saab a $190-million contract to provide in-service support for its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft

23 January

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

Taiwan Renovating Military Runaways to Prepare for Chinese Missile Strikes

Taiwan is renovating its military runaways as a countermeasure to potential Chinese ballistic missile strikes.

23 January

Middle East

A masked demonstrator waves a flag of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah

Staff Writer With AFP

Hezbollah Says Targeted Command Center in Northern Israel

Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli army's northern command center in response to "recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians" in Lebanon and Syria.

23 January

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