Australia to send military personnel to help
protect Red Sea shipping but no warship
CANBERRA, Dec 21: Australia will send 11 military personnel to support a U.S.-led mission to protect cargo shipping in the Red Sea, but it won't send a warship or plane, the defense minister said Thursday. Defense Minister Richard Marles said that Australia's military needs to keep focused on the Pacific region. The United States announced this week that several nations are creating a force to protect commercial shipping from attacks by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. — AP
12 dead in China coal mine accident
Russia attacks Ukraine with 35 drones
KYIV, Dec 21: Ukraine said Thursday that air defence systems in the capital Kyiv and other locations across the country had downed dozens of Iranian-designed drones launched by Russian forces in Moscow's latest overnight barrage. "Russian occupiers attacked with 'Shahed' type UAVs from three directions: Chauda - occupied Crimea, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk," the Ukranian air force wrote on Telegram. It said it shot down 34 of the 35 drones, without reporting any casualties. — AFP
News in Brief -2023-12-22)
FE Team | Published: December 21, 2023 21:56:27
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