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  Comments Off on Germany and Belgium award $1.17 billion contract to Theon-Hensoldt for night vision goggles 0

  Germany and Belgium award $1.17 billion contract to Theon-Hensoldt for night vision goggles

  Europe, News December 17, 2025 , by IRIA

  The Theon-Hensoldt consortium has secured a landmark contract worth more than €1 billion ($1.17 billion) to supply advanced night vision goggles to the armed forces of Germany and Belgium, marking the largest single night vision procurement ever undertaken by a European NATO member.
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  Comments Off on European leaders meet US envoys in Germany to discuss security guarantees, multinational force as part of Ukraine peace talks 0

  European leaders meet US envoys in Germany to discuss security guarantees, multinational force as part of Ukraine peace talks

  Europe, News, US December 16, 2025 , by IRIA

  European leaders and U.S. envoys met in Berlin to advance Ukraine peace talks, focusing on proposed security guarantees and the possible deployment of a multinational force as part of a future peace deal with Russia.
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  China conducts maiden flight of world’s largest mothership drone

  Asia-Pacific, News December 16, 2025 , by IRIA

  China has conducted the maiden flight of what it describes as the world’s largest drone “mothership,” marking a significant step forward in the country’s development of large, multi-role unmanned aerial vehicles capable of deploying massive drone swarms.
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  Comments Off on Zelenskyy signals willingness to drop NATO bid as US and Ukrainian officials meet in Germany for peace talks 0

  Zelenskyy signals willingness to drop NATO bid as US and Ukrainian officials meet in Germany for peace talks

  Europe, News December 15, 2025 , by IRIA

  Ukraine has indicated it is prepared to abandon its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for legally binding Western security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys and European allies in Berlin.
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  Comments Off on Trump pledges retaliation after two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed in Syria 0

  Trump pledges retaliation after two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed in Syria

  Middle East, News, US December 15, 2025 , by IRIA

  U.S. President Donald Trump vowed retaliation after two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on December 13, 2025, in an attack that U.S. officials blamed on the Islamic State militant group. Three other U.S. service members were also wounded in the ambush.
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  Comments Off on Belarus releases 123 prisoners after US lifts major economic sanctions 0

  Belarus releases 123 prisoners after US lifts major economic sanctions

  Europe, News, US December 14, 2025 , by IRIA

  The Belarusian government freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, following negotiations with an envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump on December 13, 2025.
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  Comments Off on Leaders of Russia, Turkiye and Iran meet in Turkmenistan for rare summit 0

  Leaders of Russia, Turkiye and Iran meet in Turkmenistan for rare summit

  Asia-Pacific, Middle East, News December 13, 2025 , by IRIA

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and other world leaders gathered in Ashgabat on December 12, 2025, to mark the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s permanent neutrality at the Maslahat Kosgi Palace.
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  Comments Off on Netherlands orders Skyranger anti-drone systems from German defense firm Rheinmetall 0

  Netherlands orders Skyranger anti-drone systems from German defense firm Rheinmetall

  Europe, News December 13, 2025 , by IRIA

  The Netherlands has ordered a new batch of Skyranger air-defense systems from Germany’s Rheinmetall in a deal valued at under €1 billion (approximately $1.2 billion), keeping the total below the budget previously presented to parliament.
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  Comments Off on AUKUS defense chiefs meet in US as partners reaffirm commitment to submarine program 0

  AUKUS defense chiefs meet in US as partners reaffirm commitment to submarine program

  Asia-Pacific, Europe, News, US December 12, 2025 , by IRIA

  U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, and the United Kingdom’s Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon for an AUKUS meeting on December 10, 2025.
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  Comments Off on Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing team up to build Europe’s sovereign space-based intelligence network 0

  Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing team up to build Europe’s sovereign space-based intelligence network

  Europe, News December 12, 2025 , by IRIA

  Norway’s Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace and Germany’s Helsing have announced a major partnership to accelerate Europe’s move toward sovereign space-based intelligence, surveillance, and targeting capabilities.

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