Tag: Threat
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Indonesia Faces Starvation Threat as Flood Death Toll Exceeds 900
Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, the country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the Sumatran…
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UK Introduces Advanced Undersea Warfare Technology to Address Russian Threat
Atlantic Bastion will combine autonomous vessels and AI with warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid force to protect undersea cables and pipelines. Huge appetite from industry to deliver hi-tech capabilities to protect North Atlantic from Russian submarines create defence jobs in Britain. Follows increase in Russian underwater activity, including spy ship Yantar exposed…
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Kremlin Hails Shift in U.S. National Security Strategy on ‘Direct Threat’ Designation
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in Alaska, U.S. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin welcomed a move by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to revise its national security strategy and stop calling Russia a “direct threat,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday…
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German Parliament Approves Controversial Military Service Legislation in Response to Russian Threat
German parliament backs controversial military service law amid Russian threat Reuters Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds BBC German lawmakers approve plan to attract more military recruits that stops short of conscription The Hindu Thousands protest in Berlin against new German military conscription bill Al Jazeera Germany brings ‘need-based’ military service law amid European…