News – December 2024

  • Ukraine: Demining coalition agrees on nine-year roadmap for assistance

    December 2, 2024

    Participants in the ninth meeting of the Demining Coalition, co-chaired by Lithuania and Iceland, discussed Ukraine’s needs for equipment and weapons, and also agreed on the Roadmap for Assistance for 2025-2034. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. The event brought together representatives of 14 countries, as well as officials from the NATO Security Assistance ...

  • Germany’s Scholz announces arms worth €650M for Kyiv during surprise visit

    December 2, 2024

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine Monday for a surprise visit during which he is set to announce arms deliveries worth hundreds of millions, due to arrive in Kyiv before year-end. “I would like to make clear, here on the ground, that Germany will remain Ukraine’s strongest supporter in Europe,” Scholz said in a statement. ...

  • Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance

    December 2, 2024

    Syrian and Russian jets have intensified air attacks in Idlib city and positions in Aleppo as the government of President Bashar al-Assad tries to slow the advance of opposition fighters. The raids on Monday followed big gains by the opposition over the past few days that has greatly shifted the front line in Syria’s long-running war. The ...

  • Pakistan: Four killed in foiled police station attack in Mianwali

    December 2, 2024

    Punjab Police claimed to have repelled an attack on the Chapri police station in Mianwali by terrorists, killing four terrorists. A Punjab Police spokesperson said over 20 heavily armed militants—  launchesd the assault from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s border region, targeting the Chapri police station in Isa Khel Circle. The attack began with the terrorists firing rockets and ...

  • NSWC IHD Announces Public-Private Partnership Agreement with the United States Bomb Technician Association

    December 2, 2024

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) officially announced the signing of a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Agreement with the United States Bomb Technician Association (USBTA), under the command’s Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) designation, in December. “The USBTA is honored and excited to expand our incredible relationship with NSWC Indian Head,” said ...

  • Houthis attacked US Navy ships and US merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden

    December 2, 2024

    US Navy destroyers responded to a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden as they escorted merchant vessels, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Sunday. According to CENTCOM USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) “successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of ...

  • Pakistan: At least 245 people, including 68 security personnel killed in terrorist attacks, clashes in November

    December 1, 2024

    At least 245 people, including 68 security personnel, were killed in a string of terrorist attacks and clashes across Pakistan in November. The fatalities included 127 terrorists, and 50 civilians, according to data released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think tank, on Sunday. November is the second deadliest month after ...

  • UK: Boys charged after police exposed to alkaline

    December 1, 2024

    Two teenage boys have been charged after a suspected chemical attack at a south-west London railway station which caused two police officers to be taken to hospital. The boys, aged 14 and 16, were spotted at Surbiton railway station “acting suspiciously” at around 16.20 GMT on Friday. British Transport Police said when officers approached the pair, ...

  • Ukraine: Inside a secretive drone unit targeting Russian territory

    October 16, 2024

    CNN was granted unprecedented exclusive access to one of Ukraine’s long-range drone units, part of the GUR. Its members call themselves the Long-Range UAV Unit. Long-range drone attacks have become an increasingly prominent part of the Russia-Ukraine war. As the land war has become more attritional, the air war has gathered speed, with the major development ...