Cyprus
Cyprus and Israel back at the table over “Aphrodite”: new round of talks next week
Cyprus and Israel will hold a new round of online talks next week on the cross-border gas reservoir between Cyprus’s…
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Middle East & North Africa
UAE: flydubai co-pilot planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion airport, “drawing inspiration from 9/11”
The UAE attorney general says the co-pilot who tried to seize a flydubai Boeing on September 30 planned a suicide…
Analysis
Analysis: SPYDER AIO, Rafael’s video of a UAV interception and what Greece gets with the “Achilles Shield”
Analysis: Rafael’s official video shows the SPYDER AIO shooting down a UAV from a single 8×8 truck. What the system…
Defense Industry
PAC-3 Edge: Lockheed Martin unveils the new Patriot interceptor
Lockheed Martin unveiled the PAC-3 Edge on October 9, 2026, its offer for the US Army’s Future Interceptor programme to…
Asia-Pacific
TURKSAT and China Satcom: Turkey and China to co-develop communications for UAVs and “smart” border security
Turkey’s state satellite operator TURKSAT and China’s China Satcom signed a protocol on joint research, product development and commercialisation, covering…
Cyprus
Mitsotakis on the GSI: “It is no longer only a Greek and Cypriot project, it is a European one”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a SKAI interview on October 9 that the Great Sea Interconnector is a European…
Cyprus
Occupied north lashes out at the EU: “protector of the status quo”, attacks Fitto and the Republic of Cyprus
The so-called foreign ministry of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus accused the EU of preserving an…
Greece
Turkish interior minister in Athens: “Greece must not become a haven for criminals”, asks for extraditions of Gülen movement members
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi asked Athens to speed up extraditions of wanted persons and members of the Gülen movement,…
Defense Industry
Turkey and France put military cooperation on an institutional footing: what the roadmap provides
Turkey’s defence ministry gave the first details of the Defence Cooperation Roadmap signed with France: regular consultations, joint exercises and…
Middle East & North Africa
Turkish defence ministry discusses measures to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca Alliance
At its weekly briefing on October 8, Turkey’s defence ministry said the “necessary measures” for providing and deploying forces to…
Air Force
France to begin training Ukrainian pilots on the Rafale in November
French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin told the National Assembly on October 8 that the first training of Ukrainian pilots…
Politics & Diplomacy
Ukraine sends delegation to the US for energy ceasefire talks as Moscow asks for sanctions relief
A Ukrainian delegation is meeting Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the United States on October 9 and 10 to…