Asia-Pacific
North Korea tests two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, two days after 900 km ballistic launches
North Korea says it test-fired two types of strategic cruise missiles from a submarine in the East Sea on October…
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Greece
Greece-Egypt: third round of consultations on Libya in Athens, with withdrawal of foreign forces and respect for UNCLOS
Greece and Egypt held the third round of political consultations on Libya at the Foreign Ministry in Athens on October…
Middle East & North Africa
Yemen: Houthi missiles hit the presidential palace in Aden, five dead and 16 wounded, government safe
The Houthis struck the Maasik presidential palace in Aden's Crater district with missiles and drones on October 15. The health…
Middle East & North Africa
Gaza ceasefire “exists in name only” along the Yellow Line, UN envoy Alakbarov tells the Security Council
After visiting Gaza on 11 and 12 October, the UN's Ramiz Alakbarov told the Security Council that the ceasefire is…
Asia-Pacific
China rejects trilateral nuclear talks with US and Russia and accuses Japan of nuclear ambitions
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said it is "neither fair, reasonable nor realistic" to ask China to join trilateral nuclear…
Drones
EDA-funded AIRSENSE system flies a drone over land without satellite signals in Portugal trials
A European Defence Agency project has shown that an image-based navigation system can guide a drone over land without GNSS,…
Opinion Balkans
Opinion: Greece and Serbia could co-produce ammunition and simple defence systems, with Cyprus as the guide
Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further:…
Analysis
Analysis: Russian tanks in Ukraine, “useless” or Soviet logic adapted to the drone war?
Russian tanks have been written off on social media more often than any other weapon of the war. Four years…
Politics & Diplomacy
Armenia: Pashinyan proposes an enclave swap with Azerbaijan, “not a single square kilometre less”
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed settling the enclave question with Azerbaijan through an exchange of territory of exactly equal…
Middle East & North Africa
UNICEF says more than 340 children reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, with 800,000 still displaced
UNICEF told a Geneva briefing on 16 October that over 340 children have been reported killed since the ceasefire, and…
Greece
Dendias in Saudi Arabia: crown prince thanks Greece for the Patriot battery, with “technical issues” on its stay still open
Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Riyadh,…
Military & Defense
US Navy receives first C-130J-30 to become the E-130J Phoenix II TACAMO aircraft
Lockheed Martin has delivered a C-130J-30 Super Hercules to the US Navy for conversion into the E-130J Phoenix II, with…