17 August 2025 Military News |
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- Second batch-produced AG600 Kunlong amphibious aircraft wraps up production test flights Global Times 17 Aug 2025 -- The second batch-produced AG600 Kunlong amphibious aircraft concluded its production test flight in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, marking a key step toward customer delivery and operational deployment, the aircraft developer Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) announced via its official WeChat account.
- Taiwan Army set to follow U.S. in listing drones as consumables CNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's military is planning to re-categorize military drones as "consumables/munitions" instead of as airplanes, as they used to be, to speed up the procurement process, the Army confirmed to CNA on Sunday.
- INS TAMAL CONCLUDES PORT CALL AT NAPLES, ITALY India PIB 17 Aug 2025 -- INS Tamal, the latest stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, called at Naples, Italy, from 13-16 Aug 2025 during her return passage to India
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Kristen Welker of NBC Meet the Press US Dept. of State 17 Aug 2025
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation US Dept. of State 17 Aug 2025
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Sunday Morning Futures US Dept. of State 17 Aug 2025
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Martha Raddatz of ABC This Week US Dept. of State 17 Aug 2025
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- PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 17 Aug 2025
- President Isaac Herzog visits Hostage Square in Tel Aviv Israel MFA 17 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine condemned the Israeli army's decision to distribute tents in southern Gaza as part of a plan to evacuate and relocate Gaza City residents from north to south.
- Israeli strike on Gaza's al- Ahli hospital kills seven amid mass displacement push Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- Israeli forces struck al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing at least seven people, health officials said. The strike comes as Israel presses forward with a campaign to forcibly displace more than a million Palestinians from Gaza City into designated southern "concentration zones."
- 'Israel's plan to occupy Gaza represents new phase of genocide, forced displacement': Hamas Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned Israel's plan to occupy Gaza City and relocate its population as a clear violation of international law, warning that the move represents a new phase of genocide and forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in the region.
- Islamic Jihad responds to Israeli decision to displace Gaza residents South IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine condemned the Israeli army's decision to distribute tents in southern Gaza as part of a plan to evacuate and relocate Gaza City residents from north to south.
- Israel's forced displacement of Gazans amounts to war crime: Iran IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry has, once again, condemned the ongoing Israeli genocide and crimes against Palestinians, including the regime's decision to forcibly relocate the people from the besieged Gaza Strip.
- Iran: Israel's forced eviction, 'Greater Israel' plans signs of its grave danger to peace, security Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- Iran has strongly condemned Israel's decision to force Palestinians from their homes and shelters to southern Gaza and says the international community and Muslim countries have a responsibility to confront this "horrific war crime."
- MSF: Humanitarian sites have become 'killing fields' in Gaza Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- Palestinian and international organizations have once again condemned Israel's "deliberate" starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) saying that humanitarian sites have become "killing fields."
- Uruguay closes its office in occupied Quds in solidarity with Gaza IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- The Uruguayan government has decided to suspend the cooperation agreement signed in December 2024 between Uruguay's National Agency for Research and Innovation and an Israeli university in occupied Quds (Jerusalem) and to close its Innovation Office in Jerusalem to show solidarity with the Gazans.
- Yemen fires ballistic missile at Israel IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Hebrew sources reported the detection of a Yemeni ballistic missile heading towards occupied territories and the activation of alarm sirens in various areas, including Tel Aviv and occupied Qods.
- Yemen strikes Tel Aviv airport with hypersonic missile, operations suspended Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, shutting down operations and sending settlers running to shelters.
- Israel bombs power station in new attack on Yemen's civilian infrastructure Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli regime has bombed a power station south of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, in a continued escalation of its aggression against the Arab country.
- Israeli Military Launches Strikes on Yemen's Infrastructure Site Sputnik B17 Aug 2025 -- The Houthis declared support for Palestine in late 2023. They have launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel since the start of the conflict in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
- Exclusive video evidence exposes repeated Philippine attempts to stage incidents near China's Huangyan Dao Global Times 17 Aug 2025 -- The provocative intrusion of Philippine Coast Guard and government vessels into waters near China's Huangyan Dao on August 11 was not an isolated incident but part of Manila's repeated provocations in the South China Sea. The Global Times on Sunday obtained exclusive photos and videos, which serve as evidence exposing two earlier instances of dangerous and unprofessional maneuvers by Philippine ships, revealing Manila as a habitual offender that deliberately stages incidents and undermines peace and stability in the region.
- IRGC Quds Force dismantles 2 terror teams, kills 12 terrorists in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has dismantled two terrorist teams involved in plots to carry out acts of sabotage and terrorist operations in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
- Six terrorists killed in southeastern Iran: IRGC IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- The Qods Headquarters of the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its members have killed six terrorists and arrested two others in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeast Iran. ce them into submission as it has in previous confrontations.
- Iran observes South Caucasus developments with 'open eyes': Foreign Ministry Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran "observes with open eyes" the developments in the South Caucasus given the region's political, economic, and geopolitical importance to the Islamic Republic and neighboring countries.
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- Governor Newsom filing FOIA request on Trump Administration's misuse of federal agents at redistricting event California Governor - Gavin Newsom 17 Aug 2025 -- Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his office is submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to uncover information about motivations behind the Trump Administration's use of federal law enforcement at a redistricting press conference in an attempt to intimidate his political opponents.
- Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 17 Aug 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
- Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 17 Aug 2025
- Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 17 Aug 2025
- China successfully launches new test satellite Global Times 17 Aug 2025 -- China on Sunday sent a new test satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
- Taiwan calls exclusion from Pacific Islands Forum 'regrettable' CNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) expressed disappointment Sunday over the Pacific islands' final decision Thursday to exclude Taiwan and all donor countries from the region's top political meeting this year.
- Satellite launched by China flies over Taiwan's ADIZ: Defense ministry CNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's armed forces were monitoring a satellite launched by China on Sunday afternoon, which posed no threat, although it passed through the southwestern section of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Ministry of National Defense said.
- Ministry of National Defense Issues Press Release Regarding "PLA's Satellite Launch Mission from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan" ROC MND 17 Aug 2025
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 17 Aug 2025
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Chairman of Central Committee of Russian Communist Party KCNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from G. A. Zhuganov, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, on August 15.
- IRGC: Nation prepared to smash any enemy front Press TV 17 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has asserted the Iranian nation's readiness to decisively stand up to the Islamic Republic's adversaries and for
- President Pezeshkian's visit highlights commitment to strengthening Iran-Armenia ties: FM Araghchi IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- On the eve of the official visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to the Republic of Armenia, we recall the profound words of Hovhannes Tumanyan, a prominent Armenian writer and poet, who likened friendship to a tree with deep roots; a tree that becomes more fruitful and robust the more it is watered.
- Iran says neither simplifies nor underestimates South Caucasus developments IRNA 17 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the Islamic Republic of Iran is closely monitoring developments in the South Caucasus region, neither oversimplifying nor underestimating any issue.
- EAM's Meeting with ROK Foreign Minister H.E. Cho Hyun (August 16, 2025) India MEA 16 Aug 2025 -- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a wide-ranging and productive round of discussions with the new Foreign Minister of ROK H.E. Cho Hyun today during the latter's first working visit to India in his new role.
- Death Toll Rises As Heavy Rains Devastate Northwestern Pakistan RFE/RL 17 Aug 2025 -- More than 340 people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan, where thousands of rescuers struggled through rain and mud following deadly landslides and flooding that buried villages.
- Press conference - Perth Prime Minister of Australia 17 Aug 2025
- Visiting key partners in Asia: Foreign Minister Wadephul travels to Japan and Indonesia Germany Federal Foreign Office 17 Aug 2025 -- His first trip to Asia will take Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to key partners in the region. The main issues on the agenda will be matters relating to economic and security policy. Click here for more information on the Foreign Minister's trip.
- Foreign Minister Wadephul prior to his departure for Japan and Indonesia Germany Federal Foreign Office 17 Aug 2025
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