Military & Defense
U.S. Navy warfare center tests camera system that alerts a ship’s bridge when a sailor goes overboard
Engineers at Port Hueneme tested thermal cameras and video analytics on the Self Defense Test Ship, dropping a rescue dummy…
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All the latest international news and verified developments in geopolitics, defense and diplomacy, organised by region.
Air Force
Dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew to Iran’s border and turned back, Axios reports – a show of force a week before Israel’s elections
Axios reports, citing Israeli and US officials, that dozens of Israeli Air Force fighters, with aerial refuelling tankers, flew more…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Ankara hits back at Israel over the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: its “disinformation” office calls the charge of destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean “clear disinformation”
The Turkish Presidency’s Center for Combating Disinformation called Israel’s statement that Turkey is destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean “clear disinformation”, posting…
Drones
Pennsylvania Guard trainers say counter-drone skills now dominate demand from U.S. units
The Emerging Threat Replication Program team at Fort Indiantown Gap says units now ask mainly for counter-drone training, with tactics…
Drones
Swedish Navy to field four Saildrone uncrewed surface vessels for Baltic surveillance via NORDEFCO
The Swedish Armed Forces and the FMV defence materiel agency have agreed a deal with US company Saildrone for four…
Middle East & North Africa
Israel’s submarine affair: Netanyahu to testify before the state commission of inquiry on December 7
Israel’s state commission of inquiry into the submarines and warships affair announced that testimony on the personal warning letters it…
Europe
Bundeswehr: threat of Russian sabotage now rated “significant” – explosives-laden drone found near the Wunstorf air base
An internal Bundeswehr document rates the risk of Russian sabotage as “significant” for the first time, the second-highest category. It…
Politics & Diplomacy
Egypt stands with international law: Cairo rejects the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as “absolutely null and void” – a firm answer to revisionism and a boost for Athens and Nicosia
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry rejected the Libyan House’s ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as absolutely null and void, citing the Law…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky: “Yes, right now we must freeze” – Kyiv open to a ceasefire along current front lines, then security guarantees
In an interview with Fox News, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is open to freezing the front lines as…
Middle East & North Africa
Tom Barrack in Damascus: meeting with al-Sharaa and al-Shaibani – “Syria’s destiny touches every side of the Middle East’s Rubik’s Cube”
US special envoy Tom Barrack met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus. The same day…
Middle East & North Africa
Macron in Riyadh: French personnel and assets have been deployed in Saudi Arabia for eight days against the Houthi threat
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Riyadh on a surprise solidarity visit and revealed that France has had personnel and…
Middle East & North Africa
Hormuz: tanker hit by an unknown projectile off Oman – the IRGC claims three tankers struck mines, but offers no verifiable evidence
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre reported a tanker hit by an unknown projectile west of Bukha, Oman, in the…