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The country was accepted as a member of the military alliance with the approval of the US State Department and the European Union. It followed a dispute with neighboring Greece over the new country's name.
The participating forces are to carry out such tasks as inspecting vessels on the high seas, gathering information on oil and petroleum smuggling, and training the Libyan Navy. The EU says the arms embargo needs to be effectively enforced so that diplomacy aimed at ending Libya's civil war can succeed.
Czech defense firms won a contract to deliver the armored personnel carriers between 2021 and 2022. The Pandur II is said to have met the Indonesian military's criteria for combat-proven vehicles with high ballistic and mine resistance, floating capability, and good cross-country mobility in difficult terrain.
During the exercise in southern Israel, the 5th-generation fighter jets from the two sides practiced mitigating aerial and ground threats.
American federal, state and local governments are said to have started collecting and scrutinizing data from the mobile advertising industry in an effort to enforce social distancing. The reported steps come as the country struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19.
A database containing the personal information of the entire country of Georgia was posted on a hacker forum. The source of the data was not clear. The Eurasian country's Central Election Commission claimed its database was not the one that was compromised.
Security vulnerabilities of the Zoom video conferencing platform used by millions of people worldwide has sparked concern in both the public and private sectors. The company says it takes its users' privacy, trust and security very seriously and is working to ensure that users can stay operational and connected amid the coronavirus pandemic.
