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UK military chiefs ‘gagged over limp defence review’

The Times/The Sunday Times 22 Mar 2025
Britain’s most senior military chiefs have been gagged by the government amid “anxiety” that a major ­review into the nation’s defences is ­“likely to be seen as limp”, sources have told The Times ... Defence ... , Defence and Political Correspondent ..
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Israel strikes 'dozens of terror targets' in south Lebanon; 1 dead, 3 wounded state TV says

Khaleejtimes 22 Mar 2025
... Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) to act forcefully against dozens of terror targets in Lebanon," Netanyahu said in a statement.
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Letters to the Editor, March 22nd: on neutrality in a changing world, and psychiatry and the law

The Irish Times 22 Mar 2025
We have, it should be noted, consistently dragged our feet on anything relating to defence ... Government needs then to resource the Defence Forces to meet the demands of whichever policy is adopted.
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EU defence: Paying the price of the Russian threat

RTE 22 Mar 2025
The Defence Forces review in 2020 warned that the Naval Service had no anti-submarine, radar or air-defence capability, meaning the state’s ability to deter Russian sea-borne intelligence gathering was "exceptionally limited".
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Israel threatens to annex parts of Gaza unless hostages released

NewstalkZB 22 Mar 2025
“The IDF [Israel Defence Forces] struck terrorists in a Hamas terrorist infrastructure site that previously had served as a hospital in the central Gaza Strip,” a military spokesperson told AFP in ...
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Who is Ghana’s New Chief of Defence Staff?

Ghana Business News 22 Mar 2025
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Brigadier General William Agyapong as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) ... He joined the Ghana Armed Forces as a cadet in ...
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Cricket quips and Kiwi ships: Behind the scenes of Christopher Luxon’s India trip

RNZ 22 Mar 2025
He is quietly asked to change into trousers to meet the Defence Force dress code ... One of the Defence Force staff wanders down the aisle wielding a box full of toothpaste, deodorant and shaving cream, periodically chirping.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,122

Al Jazeera 22 Mar 2025
Russia’s Ministry of Defence accused Ukrainian forces of blowing up a gas metering station near the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region, in what it described as a “deliberate provocation by the ...
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Israel says it has killed Hamas military intelligence chief Osama Tabash – Sky News

Virtual Jerusalem 22 Mar 2025
In a post on X, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Osama Tabash was also head of the group’s surveillance and targeting unit.� | Read More�Google Alert – Israel ....
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The Panel: NZDF job cuts, paying to post on Facebook

NewstalkZB 22 Mar 2025
Luxon's India trip, Defence Force job cuts, fees proposed to ...
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Israel army says striking south Lebanon after rocket fire

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain 22 Mar 2025
... act forcefully against dozens of terror targets in Lebanon," an army statement said.
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Inside China's 'Underground Great Wall' primed for WW3: How Beijing hides terrifying intercontinental missiles in ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Vice Chief of Space Operations at the US Space Force Gen ... Shortly after this speech, the Space Force said the general was referring to the observation of five Chinese satellites in low Earth orbit in 2024.
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Israel kills Hamas military intelligence chief Osama Tabash in Gaza

The Times of India 22 Mar 2025
In a post on X, the Israel Defence Forces said that they had eliminated the head of Hamas' military intelligence and head of Hamas' surveillance and targeting unit, Osama Tabash.— IDF (@IDF) ...
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Lebanon warns of ‘new war’ as Israel launches fresh deadly strikes

Al Jazeera 22 Mar 2025
In a statement, Netanyahu said that he and Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israeli military “to act forcefully against dozens of terror targets in Lebanon”.
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