https://geopolitiki.com/military/eager-lion-2026-colorado-jordan-first-us-edition/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T14:40:23+00:00 Eager Lion 2026: CENTCOM’s exercise with Jordan is held in the United States for the first time https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eager-lion-colorado.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/l-madis-1st-laad-hawaii-counter-drone-fielding/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T13:42:27+00:00 L-MADIS counter-drone system reaches 1st LAAD Battalion in Hawaii, with 15 systems delivered in six months https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lmadis-1st-laad-hawaii.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-osce-russia-foreign-fighters-recruitment/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T13:42:14+00:00 UK tells OSCE that Russia’s recruitment of foreign fighters is coercive and asks how many serve https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fcdo-building-london-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/sudan-geneva-consultative-meeting-ceasefire-drone-war/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T13:29:47+00:00 Sudan talks in Geneva: UN envoy seeks de-escalation as Switzerland calls the conflict a “drone war” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/sudan-geneva-talks.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-foreign-ministry-condemns-turkish-libyan-memorandum-violates-rights-close-allies-turkey-destabilising-eastern-mediterranean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T12:58:00+00:00 Israel condemns the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: it “violates the sovereign rights of our close allies” – and accuses Turkey of destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israeli-flag-jerusalem-2013.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/nsa-souda-bay-meritorious-unit-commendation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T12:40:42+00:00 U.S. Navy awards Meritorious Unit Commendation to NSA Souda Bay for 14-month surge in Eastern Mediterranean support https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/souda-bay-muc.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/houthis-claim-missile-strike-badr-camp-aden/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T12:32:26+00:00 Houthis claim ballistic missile strike on Saudi operations room at Badr camp in Aden, third attack on the city in a week https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aden-port-houthi-badr.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/costa-von-der-leyen-parliament-debate-october-summit-russia-sanctions-china/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T12:27:38+00:00 Costa and von der Leyen tell MEPs EU sanctions on Russia “will stay until Russia stops the war” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ep-costa-vdl-debate.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/kosovo-unmik-security-council-eroding-trust/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T11:42:50+00:00 Kosovo: UN mission head warns tensions are “eroding trust” as Council splits over UNMIK’s future https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber2-4.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ghost-shark-anduril-australia-xl-auv-sea-mines-altius-drones-payloads-aukus-pillar-ii/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T11:25:00+00:00 Ghost Shark: Australia’s Anduril XL-AUV will lay mines and launch swarms of drones https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ghost-shark-altius-anduril-australia-payloads-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/syria-suwayda-explosive-drone-attacks-internal-security-posts-druze-damascus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T11:10:00+00:00 Druze – Syria: Explosive-laden drone attacks on Internal Security posts in Suwayda https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/suwayda-city-syria-2012.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/libya-kalin-tripoli-dbeibah-tripoli-foreign-ministry-welcomes-turkish-libyan-memorandum/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T10:55:00+00:00 Libya: Turkish intelligence chief Kalin in Tripoli with Dbeibah as Tripoli’s Foreign Ministry welcomes the Turkish–Libyan memorandum https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ibrahim-kalin-umayyad-mosque-damascus-december-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/fidan-turkey-aspirin-greek-politics-casus-belli-not-threat-of-war-gsi-written-notification/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T10:40:00+00:00 Fidan: Turkey is an “aspirin” for Greek politics – he defends the casus belli (“not a threat of war”) and says Ankara wants written notification for cable surveys https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-brussels-turkey-belgium-ministers-meeting-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/metsola-turkish-libyan-memorandum-greece-cyprus-can-rely-on-our-solidarity-european-parliament/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T10:25:00+00:00 Metsola on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “Greece and Cyprus can rely on our solidarity” – the European Parliament joins Costa and von der Leyen https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/european-parliament-plenary-strasbourg-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/greece-counter-navtex-heraklion-turkish-navtex-1032-kobi-ruegg-null-void-greek-continental-shelf/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T10:10:00+00:00 Counter-NAVTEX from Heraklion: Greece declares Turkey’s NAVTEX 1032/26 for the KOBI RUEGG surveys “null and void” – lines south of Crete lie on the Greek continental shelf https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-anti-navtex-1337-kobi-ruegg-map-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-oman-state-visit-maritime-security-hormuz/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T09:41:12+00:00 UK and Oman pledge closer defence and maritime cooperation as Sultan Haitham makes State Visit https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-oman-state-visit.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/turkey-libya-maritime-memorandum-explained/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T09:36:06+00:00 The Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum explained https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/crete-nasa.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/nato-article-5-explained-greece-turkey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T09:24:58+00:00 NATO Article 5 explained: what it covers and why Greece joined https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nato-greece-1952-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/3rd-cavalry-regiment-korea-rotation-camp-hovey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T08:40:53+00:00 3rd Cavalry Regiment uncases its colors in Korea to begin a nine-month rotation at Camp Hovey https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/3cr-korea-uncasing.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-mnd-29-pla-sorties-6-navy-ships-21-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T07:28:11+00:00 Taiwan MND: 29 Chinese aircraft sorties, 23 crossing the median line, and 6 PLA Navy ships around the island on 21 October https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-pla-map-21-oct.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-first-committee-chemical-weapons-syria-opcw/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T06:58:34+00:00 UN First Committee welcomes Syria chemical weapons progress as Russia, Iran and Sudan face new allegations https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-general-assembly-hall-2.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/army-mid-range-fires-tabletop-experiment-fort-sill-2040/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T06:43:10+00:00 U.S. Army tests future artillery and air-defence force designs against a 2040 threat at Fort Sill https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fires-tabletop.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/rubio-mumbai-ukraine-support-intelligence-unchanged-interceptors-scarce/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T06:43:04+00:00 Rubio in Mumbai: U.S. aid and intelligence for Ukraine unchanged, interceptors are scarce worldwide https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/rubio-mumbai.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/puls-elbit-36-launchers-300-km-range-greek-artillery-predator-hawk-extra-turkey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:55:00+00:00 PULS: the 36 launchers with a 300 km reach that change Greek artillery against Turkey https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/puls-predator-hawk-launch-elbit.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/kunsan-radiant-falcon-radiological-drill/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:43:16+00:00 Kunsan Air Base drills fighter recovery after a simulated radiological release in Radiant Falcon https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kunsan-radiant-falcon.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/uk-security-council-kosovo-unmik-review/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:43:10+00:00 UK urges UN Security Council to review UNMIK and press Serbia on Banjska and missing persons https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unmik-security-council.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/palestinian-president-abbas-visit-cyprus-end-of-october-ambassador-attari-turkish-media-reaction/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:40:00+00:00 Palestinian President Abbas to visit Cyprus at the end of October – Turkish media bristle as Nicosia keeps ties with both sides https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mahmoud-abbas-moscow-may-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/hatzidakis-turkish-libyan-memorandum-has-no-force-how-credible-libyan-interlocutors/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:25:00+00:00 Hatzidakis on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “It has no force” – “How credible are our Libyan interlocutors?” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hatzidakis-ribera-athens-april-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/fidan-calls-dbeibah-saddam-haftar-thanks-turkish-libyan-memorandum-approval-daily-sabah/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T05:10:00+00:00 Fidan phones Dbeibah and Saddam Haftar to thank both Libyan camps for approving the Turkish–Libyan memorandum https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-shaibani-rubio-antalya-may-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/unidir-geiss-ai-warfare-human-decision-making/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T04:41:31+00:00 UN disarmament institute chief warns AI is on track to crowd out human decision-making in warfare https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-ai-warfare-mq9.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/army-3-43-air-defense-artillery-guam/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-21T04:40:56+00:00 U.S. Army activates 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery on Guam, replacing Task Force Talon https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/guam-3-43-ada.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/irgc-mines-tankers-strait-of-hormuz-supertanker-2-million-barrels/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T22:01:34+00:00 Revolutionary Guards say mines halted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, including a supertanker with 2 million barrels https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hormuz-mines-tankers.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/eu-parliament-critical-raw-materials-centre/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T21:29:24+00:00 European Parliament backs EU critical raw materials centre, €2 billion fund and scrap export clause https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-critical-raw-materials.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/nato-black-sea-surveillance-forensics-drone-attacks-shipping/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T21:24:36+00:00 NATO to send more surveillance and forensic assets to the Black Sea after drone attacks on merchant ships https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nato-black-sea-p8.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/turkish-presidency-duran-turkish-libyan-memorandum-satisfying-step-blue-homeland-mavi-vatan/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T20:55:00+00:00 Turkish Presidency on the Libyan vote: a “satisfying step” – Ankara “will continue to protect its rights in the Blue Homeland” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mavi-vatan-blue-homeland-map-2020.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/opinion-phase-c-new-force-structure-electronic-warfare-needs-plan-funding-test-range-greece/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T20:40:00+00:00 Opinion: Phase C of the new force structure – Electronic warfare needs a plan, funding and a test range, not just a slide https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/dendias-phase-c-new-force-structure-presentation-october-20-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/libyan-mp-tarek-al-jarousi-turkish-libyan-memorandum-tension-greece-bargaining-chip-benghazi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T20:25:00+00:00 Libyan MP: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “may cause tension with Greece”, but Libya’s interests come first – a “bargaining chip” against the major powers https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/libyan-house-of-representatives-building-benghazi-2022.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/turkish-foreign-ministry-welcomes-libyan-house-decision-turkish-libyan-memorandum-equity-unclos/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T20:10:00+00:00 Turkish Foreign Ministry “welcomes” the Libyan House’s decision on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, citing “equity” in place of UNCLOS https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-european-policy-centre-brussels-october-20-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/cyprus-foreign-ministry-condemns-libyan-parliament-approval-turkish-libyan-memorandum-illegal-null-void/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:55:00+00:00 Cyprus condemns the approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “illegal, null and void” and a violation of the rights of third states https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kombos-cooper-london-july-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/marines-first-medium-missile-battalion-nmesis/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:43:07+00:00 US Marines stand up first medium missile battalion at Camp Lejeune, built around NMESIS https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/marine-medium-missile-battalion.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-costa-von-der-leyen-turkish-libyan-memorandum-null-and-void-solidarity-greece-cyprus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:40:00+00:00 EU calls the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “null and void”: Costa and von der Leyen express solidarity with Greece and Cyprus https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-costa-von-der-leyen-statement-card-libya-memorandum-october-20-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-central-african-republic-minusca-sudan-spillover/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:27:09+00:00 UN warns against early cut to Central African Republic peacekeepers as the Sudan war spills across the border https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/car-minusca-birao.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/south-china-sea-china-says-uss-charleston-illegally-entered-sabina-shoal-taiwan-pratas-coast-guard/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:25:00+00:00 South China Sea: Beijing says USS Charleston “illegally entered” waters near Sabina Shoal, as Taiwan and China coast guards trade messages off Pratas https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-charleston-lcs-18-underway-2021.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/iran-irgc-captain-killed-qandil-mountains-pjak-operations-drones-shaho-mountains/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T19:10:00+00:00 Iran: Revolutionary Guards captain killed in the Qandil mountains as operations against PJAK escalate https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/qandil-mountains-iraqi-kurdistan-2016.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-erdogan-ottoman-empire-jerusalem-turkey-wants-clash-f35-f16-channel-14-interview/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:55:00+00:00 Netanyahu: “Turkey wants a clash with us” – he accuses Erdogan of seeking to rule Jerusalem and return to the Ottoman Empire, and points to Israel’s F-35s and F-16s https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netanyahu-jordan-valley-briefing-2019-erdogan-interview.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/afghanistan-un-ocha-16-million-hunger-winter/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:43:34+00:00 Afghanistan: UN aid office says nearly 16 million face crisis-level hunger and warns of a worse winter https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kabul-skyline-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/brunson-korea-sustainment-allies-washington/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:43:22+00:00 US commander in Korea: allied industry should help sustain forces in the region, Gen. Brunson tells Washington audiences https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/brunson-usfk.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/saddam-haftar-welcomes-libyan-house-approval-turkish-libyan-memorandum-investment-opportunities-turkey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:40:00+00:00 Saddam Haftar welcomes the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, citing “investment opportunities with Turkey” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saddam-haftar-rubio-washington-june-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/gerapetritis-calls-kombos-abdelatty-libya-turkish-libyan-memorandum-eastern-mediterranean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:25:00+00:00 Gerapetritis speaks with Cyprus’s Kombos and Egypt’s Abdelatty after the Libyan vote on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-mfa-card-gerapetritis-abdelatty-call-october-20-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/greece-foreign-ministry-rejects-libyan-house-vote-turkish-libyan-memorandum-spurious-null-void/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:10:00+00:00 Athens rejects Benghazi’s vote: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum is “spurious, null and void”, says the Greek Foreign Ministry https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gerapetritis-shaheen-washington-february-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/russian-gru-hackers-apt28-swallowtail-warship-shipyard-aircraft-engine-maker-two-nato-countries-hookedge/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:55:00+00:00 Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/putin-gru-headquarters-opening-2006.webp https://geopolitiki.com/opinion/opinion-sanctions-libya-greece-must-make-turkish-libyan-memorandum-costly-benghazi-tripoli-eu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:40:00+00:00 Opinion: Sanctions on Libya – Athens must make the Turkish–Libyan memorandum costly for Benghazi and Tripoli https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/libya-note-verbale-un-against-greece.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/bahceli-cyprus-is-turkish-forever-federation-raw-fantasy-strategic-centre-blue-homeland-varosha/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:25:00+00:00 Provocative Bahçeli: “Cyprus is Turkish and will remain Turkish forever” – he calls federation a “raw fantasy” and the island the “strategic centre of the Blue Homeland” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/devlet-bahceli-mhp-rally-ankara-2015.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/armaments-radar-mbda-spear-metlen-leopard-1a5-thales-cyber-range-septentrio-gnss-general-staffs/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:10:00+00:00 Armaments Radar: MBDA proposes SPEAR, METLEN presents a Leopard 1A5 upgrade, Thales Cyber Range and Septentrio GNSS before the General Staffs https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-army-leopard-1a5-tank-company-presentations.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/guterres-jakarta-indonesian-peacekeepers-better-multilateralism/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:58:08+00:00 Guterres honours four Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Lebanon and calls for “better multilateralism” in Jakarta https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/guterres-indonesia-peacekeepers.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-decisive-punishment-north-korean-provocations-kim-yo-jong-border-dmz/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:55:00+00:00 South Korea warns of “decisive punishment” for new North Korean provocations after Kim Yo Jong’s border threats https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/north-korean-soldier-panmunjom-demarcation-line-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-27-pla-sorties-21-cross-median-line-joint-combat-readiness-patrol/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:43:52+00:00 Taiwan reports 27 Chinese military aircraft sorties, 21 crossing the median line, in a new “joint combat readiness patrol” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-strait-file.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-armed-forces-nhs-wargame-battlefield-casualties/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:42:32+00:00 UK Armed Forces and NHS war-game the care of casualties returning from future conflicts https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-medical-wargame.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/lebanon-israel-military-talks-centcom-tampa-beirut-no-direct-coordination-unifil/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:40:00+00:00 Lebanon–Israel: military talks today at CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa – Beirut says “no” to direct coordination with the Israeli army https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aoun-barrot-baabda-october-17-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/witkoff-oslo-zelensky-then-russia-putin-new-joint-us-ukraine-europe-peace-proposal/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:25:00+00:00 Witkoff heads to Oslo to meet Zelensky, then to Russia for Putin – the new joint US, Ukraine and Europe proposal https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/witkoff-zelensky-kyiv-mariinsky-palace-september-6-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/hegseth-surprise-visit-israel-meets-netanyahu-eight-days-before-election-iran-centcom/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:10:00+00:00 Hegseth makes a surprise visit to Israel and meets Netanyahu eight days before the election https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hegseth-us-troops-centcom-area-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-arctic-strategy-kallas-icebreakers-cable-hub/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T15:55:54+00:00 EU unveils new Arctic strategy: cable hub, icebreaker pooling and satellite upgrades https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-arctic-icebreakers.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/smyrna-1922-explained-us-diplomatic-records/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T15:47:49+00:00 Smyrna 1922 explained: what US diplomatic records show https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/smyrna-1922-fire-featured.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/saudi-arabia-fii10-davos-in-the-desert-postponed-2027-houthi-attacks-riyadh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:50:00+00:00 Saudi Arabia: the “Davos in the Desert” investment forum is postponed to 2027 amid Houthi attacks on Riyadh https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/riyadh-skyline-kafd-kingdom-centre-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/dendias-phase-c-new-force-structure-56-units-126-camps-drones-satellites-f-35-weapons/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:35:00+00:00 Dendias: “We are asking the US for the most modern weapons for the F-35” – Phase C of the New Force Structure: 56 units and 126 camps merged or closed, drones and satellites https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-mod-phase-c-new-force-structure-transition-new-era.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/opinion-greece-alternative-arms-markets-munitions-delays-israel-france-italy-india-serbia/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:20:00+00:00 Opinion: Greece has other options – munitions, upgrades and weapons for the Armed Forces beyond the traditional markets https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/elbit-puls-rocket-launcher-greece-36-systems.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/sako-trg-m10-new-sniper-rifle-greek-special-forces-hellenic-army/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:05:00+00:00 SAKO TRG M10: the new sniper rifle of the Greek Special Forces https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/sako-trg-m10-sniper-greek-special-forces.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/apkws-pentagon-bae-systems-framework-agreement-25000-kits-year-counter-drone/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:50:00+00:00 APKWS: Pentagon and BAE Systems sign a framework agreement for up to 25,000 kits a year against drones https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/apkws-laser-guidance-kit-bae-systems.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/irgc-claims-us-mq-9-shot-down-strait-of-hormuz-threat-seven-undersea-internet-cables/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:35:00+00:00 Revolutionary Guards claim they shot down a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz – threats against the seven undersea internet cables https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mq-9-reaper-147th-attack-wing-keflavik-2026-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/yemen-un-250000-displaced-taiz-32-civilians-killed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:26:36+00:00 Yemen: UN says more than 250,000 have fled renewed fighting, with 32 civilians confirmed killed in Taiz governorate https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/yemen-taiz-displaced.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/libya-house-of-representatives-unanimously-approves-turkish-libyan-memorandum-greece-crete-aguila-saleh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:20:00+00:00 Breaking: Libya’s House of Representatives unanimously approves the illegal Turkish–Libyan memorandum – a blow for Greece after Aguila Saleh’s removal https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aguila-saleh-dendias-athens-2021-libya-memorandum.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-withdraws-embassy-staff-ukraine-north-korean-prisoners-dispute/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:05:00+00:00 South Korea withdraws part of its embassy staff from Ukraine amid the dispute over North Korean prisoners https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/south-korea-embassy-kyiv.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/mecca-joint-defence-agreement-turkish-parliament-ratification-saudi-arabia-pakistan-opposition/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:50:00+00:00 Mecca Joint Defence Agreement sent to the Turkish parliament for ratification – opposition demands its rejection https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/turkish-grand-national-assembly-ankara.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/a-haber-two-scenario-trap-eunomia-gsi-cable-hurriyet-navtex-showdown-greece-cyprus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:35:00+00:00 Turkish channel A Haber claims a “two-scenario trap” over EUNOMIA and the Greece–Cyprus cable – Hürriyet speaks of a “NAVTEX showdown” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-frigate-hydra-ionian-sea-2022.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/us-envoy-barrack-israel-too-smart-real-fight-turkey-unintended-accident-mecca-pact-houthis/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:20:00+00:00 US envoy Barrack: Israel is “way too smart” to start a real fight with Turkey – “What scares us all is the unintended accident” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/tom-barrack-global-security-forum-doha-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-raf-typhoons-defensive-missions-saudi-arabia-houthi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:09:23+00:00 UK to fly RAF Typhoon defensive missions over Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate, Ministry of Defence says https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/raf-typhoon-saudi.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/smotrich-strengthening-greek-alliance-necessary-turkey-pakistan-very-large-navy-erdogan-successor/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T10:25:00+00:00 Smotrich: “Strengthening the Greek alliance is necessary” against Turkey and Pakistan – “Turkey has a very large navy” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/bezalel-smotrich-2019.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/cyprus-israel-150-million-euro-warships-deal-calcalist-israel-shipyards-rafael-cypriot-navy/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T10:10:00+00:00 Cyprus: €150 million deal with Israel for warships close to signing, according to Calcalist – Israel Shipyards boats with Rafael weapons for the Cypriot Navy https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israel-shipyards-opv-45.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-mnd-14-pla-sorties-7-navy-ships-20-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T09:25:32+00:00 Taiwan MND: 14 Chinese aircraft sorties, 8 crossing the median line, and 7 PLA Navy ships around the island on 20 October https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-mnd-20-oct.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/cyprus-problem-explained-1960-1974-un-buffer-zone/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T09:19:22+00:00 Cyprus problem explained: 1960, 1974 and the UN buffer zone https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cyprus-iss-2021.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/er-gmlrs-operational-tests-production/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:45:04+00:00 Lockheed Martin says ER GMLRS passed operational tests and is moving to production and fielding with a range of up to 150 km https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/er-gmlrs-test.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-hrvp-black-sea-shipping-escalation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:44:50+00:00 EU foreign policy chief says six suspected Russian drone attacks in ten days mark a dangerous escalation in the Black Sea https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-black-sea-shipping.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-security-council-haiti-insecurity-political-progress/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:03:13+00:00 UK at the Security Council on Haiti: insecurity must not outpace political progress, with gang rape figures and a warning on candidate eligibility https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/haiti-uk-unsc-mrap.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/security-council-resolution-2832-greece-children-digital-risks/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:01:51+00:00 Greece-drafted Security Council resolution 2832 on children and digital risks in armed conflict adopted unanimously https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-res2832-greece.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-condemns-sudan-drone-strikes-abyei-khartoum/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T05:42:33+00:00 UN condemns drone strikes across Sudan: market hit in Abyei, Khartoum targeted, 10 children among 19 reported dead over the weekend https://geopolitiki.com/military/elbit-systems-235-million-contract-puls-extra-mr-rockets-european-country-greek-army/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T05:15:00+00:00 Elbit Systems wins a $235 million contract for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR rockets for a European country – the system Greece’s Army has also chosen https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/elbit-puls-multiple-launcher.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/altus-lsa-carfil-romarm-memorandum-interceptor-drone-munitions-joint-production-romania/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:45:00+00:00 Greece’s ALTUS LSA signs a memorandum with Romania’s CARFIL (ROMARM) on interceptor-drone munitions and joint production in Romania https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/altus-lsa-kerveros.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/intracom-defense-new-board-michalis-tsamaz-chairman-lykourgos-antonopoulos-ceo/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:30:00+00:00 Intracom Defense gets a new board: Michalis Tsamaz as chairman and Lykourgos Antonopoulos as CEO https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/intracom-defense-new-board-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/daedalus-greece-national-supercomputer-lavrio-85-petaflops-31st-world-eurohpc-ai/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:15:00+00:00 DAEDALUS inaugurated: Greece’s new national supercomputer at Lavrio, with 85.69 petaflops, ranks 31st in the world https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/daedalus-supercomputer-eurohpc-lavrio.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-10-arrests-settler-attacks-european-diplomats-american-photojournalist-west-bank-taybeh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:00:00+00:00 Israel: 10 arrests over settler attacks on European diplomats and an American photojournalist in the West Bank https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israel-police-operation-olive-leaf-arrests-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/zelensky-lockheed-martin-kyiv-patriot-missiles-ballistic-f-16-maintenance-in-ukraine/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:45:00+00:00 Zelensky meets Lockheed Martin in Kyiv: buying Patriot missiles against ballistic threats and servicing F-16s inside Ukraine https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-lockheed-martin-kyiv-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-benny-gantz-withdraws-from-election-blue-and-white-eight-days-before-vote/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:30:00+00:00 Israel: Benny Gantz withdraws from the election eight days before the vote – “I will keep fighting for unity” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/benny-gantz-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-trump-phone-call-video-we-have-a-job-to-finish-warrior-bibi-iran-israel-election/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:15:00+00:00 Netanyahu to Trump: “We have a job to finish” – “You’re a warrior, Bibi,” the US president replies in a video released eight days before the election https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netanyahu-trump-phone-call-video-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/ocha-gaza-west-bank-settler-attacks-olive-harvest/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T19:34:12+00:00 OCHA: 57 killed in Gaza and 244 settler attacks in the West Bank in two weeks, as the olive harvest begins and winter nears https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/olive-harvest-hebron-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/fidan-brussels-belgium-ministers-meeting-nato-eu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T17:05:13+00:00 Turkey’s Fidan heads to Brussels for foreign, justice and interior talks with Belgium and meetings with NATO and EU officials https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-brussels-belgium.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/wang-yi-herzog-baku-china-readout-gaza-west-bank/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T17:00:07+00:00 Wang Yi meets Israel’s President Herzog in Baku: China readout cites Gaza access and West Bank settlements https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/herzog-wang-yi-baku.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/koretskyi-2147-attacks-ukraine-energy-sector/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T16:45:07+00:00 Ukraine’s prime minister claims 2,147 Russian attacks on the energy sector since 16 July, with no day without strikes https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/koretskyi-bbc.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/unclos-explained-sea-zones-islands-aegean-dispute/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T15:24:58+00:00 UNCLOS explained: sea zones, islands and the Aegean dispute https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unclos-aegean-iss.webp