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		<title>Australia, New Zealand enhancing naval interoperability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORUM Staff The naval forces of Australia and New Zealand are bolstering joint training, information sharing and operational alignment to navigate an “increasingly complex Indo-Pacific security environment.” Under Plan Tasman, signed in September 2026, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will deepen ties across sectors such as warfighting, engineering, regulation &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Singapore to permanently station F-35B fighter jets at U.S. base</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORUM Staff Singapore will permanently station 12 F-35B fifth-generation stealth fighter jets at a United States military base beginning in late 2026, expanding a decades-long partnership that includes the U.S. hosting Singaporean fighter jet detachments for training and exercises. Singapore, densely populated with 6.2 million residents in a land area of less than 750 square &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>North Korea, Russia evade U.N. sanctions to buttress Moscow’s drone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORUM Staff North Korea has sent workers to Russia to manufacture military drones, violating United Nations Security Council resolutions, an international monitoring team reported, noting the number of North Koreans working in Russia has sharply increased since Moscow’s war with Ukraine began in 2022. Overall, an estimated 100,000 North Korean laborers are deployed overseas, mostly &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>China biggest state-backed cyber threat to New Zealand, security agency says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reuters New Zealand’s cybersecurity agency says China is the country’s most persistent state-backed cyber threat, as foreign actors target government agencies and health, education and information technology organizations. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the New Zealand intelligence community, said it identified illicit activity, suspected of originating from foreign state actors, that put &#8230;]]></description>
		
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