https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/lebanon-beirut-wants-un-third-party-idf-lebanese-army-after-unifil-lacroix/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T12:15:00+00:00 Lebanon: Beirut wants the UN as a “third party” between the IDF and the Lebanese army after UNIFIL leaves – Lacroix warns https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unifil-irish-peacekeepers-lebanese-army-patrol-blue-line-2012-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-ethiopia-eritrea-de-escalation-statement/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T12:01:38+00:00 UK urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to de-escalate, saying it opposes any action that breaches a neighbour’s border https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-ethiopia-eritrea.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/cica-baku-summit-laos-baku-declaration/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T11:51:13+00:00 CICA summit in Baku admits Laos as a member and adopts the Baku Declaration https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cica-baku-summit.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ins-samarthak-india-multi-purpose-vessel-commissioned/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T10:41:47+00:00 INS Samarthak: India commissions its first Multi-Purpose Vessel, the first major warship built by a private yard https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ins-samarthak.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-thunder-tiger-delivers-1520-drones-pentagon-drone-dominance-phases-3-4/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T10:30:00+00:00 Taiwan: Thunder Tiger has delivered all 1,520 drones of the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance first order – targeting phases 3 and 4 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/thunder-tiger-drones-taichung-june-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/f-22-pilot-commands-yfq-44a-fury-anduril-cca-quarterback-first/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T10:15:00+00:00 First time: an F-22 pilot gave in-flight commands to the unmanned YFQ-44A Fury fighter – the Raptor as the CCA “quarterback” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/yfq-44a-fury-creech-july-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/philippines-marcos-chinese-ambassador-jing-quan-force-remark-south-china-sea/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T10:00:00+00:00 Philippines: Marcos to summon Chinese ambassador over “if we wanted to use force, we would win easily” – Beijing warns on the South China Sea https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/marcos-balikatan-2026-camp-aguinaldo.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/iran-baghaei-rejects-saudi-accusation-houthi-escalation-offers-yemen-mediation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T09:45:00+00:00 Iran to Saudi Arabia: “We reject every claim of a role in Yemen’s operations” – and offers new mediation https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/iran-mfa-building-tehran-2017.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/trump-israel-helped-saudi-arabia-houthis-abraham-accords-normalisation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T09:30:00+00:00 Trump: “Israel has helped Saudi Arabia a lot” – normalisation under the Abraham Accords on the table “maybe more than ever” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/trump-mohammed-bin-salman-oval-office-november-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/trump-graham-act-russia-sanctions-tariffs-suspended-same-day-national-interest/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T09:15:00+00:00 Trump enforces and “freezes” the Graham Act’s Russia sanctions and tariffs on the same day – “in the national interest” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/us-capitol-west-front.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/greece-france-strategic-alliance-official-offer-blacksword-barracuda-submarines/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T08:45:00+00:00 Greece–France: the strategic alliance and the official offer of Blacksword Barracuda submarines https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greece-france-submarine-naval-group.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/navy-seabee-training-evaluation-unit-1-port-hueneme/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T08:44:45+00:00 US Navy commissions Seabee Training and Evaluation Unit 1 to certify Pacific construction forces https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/navy-steu1-seabee.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-un-first-committee-nuclear-weapons-statement-npt-new-start/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T08:44:35+00:00 EU tells UN First Committee the NPT is the ‘cornerstone’ of non-proliferation, warns on New START expiry and Russian nuclear rhetoric https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-first-committee-nuclear.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-very-short-very-blunt-call-al-sharaa-sweida-druze-damascus-response/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T08:30:00+00:00 Netanyahu: a “very short and very blunt” conversation with al-Sharaa – the first public contact between Israeli and Syrian leaders, and Damascus’s reply https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/al-sharaa-trump-ankara-nato-july-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/starshield-ukraine-white-house-order-slow-down-reuters-trump-not-me-zelensky/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T08:15:00+00:00 Starshield: the order to “slow down” service to Ukraine came from the White House, Reuters reports – Trump: “It wasn’t me” – Zelensky: speeds not yet restored https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/starlink-terminal-ukrainian-soldier-2022.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/us-army-11th-airborne-sustainment-brigade-arctic-activated-alaska/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T06:45:41+00:00 US Army activates 11th Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade (Arctic) in Alaska https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/arctic-sustainment.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/germany-reserve-strengthening-act-first-reading-200000-reservists/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T06:45:36+00:00 Germany’s Bundestag opens debate on a reserve law that ends “double voluntariness” and targets 200,000 reservists by 2033 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/bundestag-reserve.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-first-committee-confidence-building-nuclear-risk-debate/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T06:35:35+00:00 UN First Committee turns to confidence-building on nuclear risk as US, China, Iran and Israel trade positions https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-first-committee-tcbm.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/european-council-conclusions-enlargement-montenegro-accession-treaty/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T06:35:25+00:00 European Council calls enlargement a “geostrategic investment” and backs work on Montenegro’s accession treaty https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-council-bldg.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/turkey-uproar-greece-israel-lora-talks-anadolu-haber7-dirty-plan/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T05:15:00+00:00 Turkey in uproar over Greece–Israel talks on LORA: Anadolu picks up our exclusive, Haber7 speaks of a “dirty plan” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lora-iai-canister-paris-2007.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/fidan-oic-foreign-ministers-baghdad-iraq-chairmanship/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-17T05:00:34+00:00 Fidan to hand over OIC foreign ministers’ chairmanship to Iraq at Baghdad session https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-baku-cica-bilateral.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/south-korea-hanwha-laser-weapons-cheongwang-30-kw-shoot-down-target-drones-army-tiger/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T21:30:00+00:00 South Korea: Two Hanwha laser weapons shot down all three target drones in an Army exercise – Cheongwang and a vehicle-mounted 30 kW laser https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cheongwang-laser-block-i-south-korea.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/morocco-israel-lora-ballistic-missiles-iai-spain-canary-islands-seville/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T21:15:00+00:00 Morocco is negotiating with Israel for LORA ballistic missiles, Israeli sources say – alarm in Spain over the range https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/air-lora-iai-ila-berlin-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/south-korea-cheonghae-unit-gulf-of-oman-hormuz-kang-shin-chul/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T21:00:00+00:00 South Korea weighs sending the Cheonghae Unit to the Gulf of Oman – Seoul: “Under no circumstances” will we be involved in war https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/roks-chungmugong-yi-sun-sin-ddh-975-rimpac-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/idf-nukhba-commander-reim-base-october-7-al-husseini-killed-gaza/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T20:45:00+00:00 IDF: Nukhba cell commander who stormed the Re’im base on October 7 killed – “Hamas rebuilding in violation of the ceasefire” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/herzog-reim-base-gaza-division-october-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/cyprus-navtex-kobi-ruegg-east-to-med-corridor-antalya-counter-navtex/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T20:30:00+00:00 Cypriot NAVTEX for KOBI RUEGG’s surveys for the East to Med Corridor cable – second counter-NAVTEX from Antalya over a “Turkish continental shelf” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fugro-discovery-survey-vessel-fremantle-2016.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/iran-akraminia-us-leave-region-strait-of-hormuz-will-open/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T20:15:00+00:00 Iran: “If the US leaves the region, the Strait of Hormuz will open” – “If they don’t leave, we will drive them out” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-abraham-lincoln-arabian-sea-april-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/trump-disgrace-ukraine-refinery-strikes-zelensky-brussels-70-billion-300-patriot/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T19:15:00+00:00 Trump calls Ukraine’s refinery strikes a “disgrace”; Zelensky, in Brussels, answers: “Yesterday we had a thousand drones” – and asks the EU for €70 billion and 300 Patriot missiles https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/trump-zelensky-un-new-york-september-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-mnd-8-pla-sorties-9-navy-ships-median-line-16-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T19:14:53+00:00 Taiwan MND: 8 Chinese aircraft sorties, all crossing the median line, and 9 PLA Navy ships around the island on 16 October https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-frigates.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/iaea-eighth-local-ceasefire-zaporizhzhia-transformer-diesel/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T19:14:49+00:00 IAEA brokers eighth local ceasefire at Zaporizhzhia plant to repair backup transformer, as Grossi warns diesel is running low https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/znpp-plant.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/germany-net-launcher-drones-patriot-replacement-bundestag-budget-committee/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T18:47:36+00:00 Germany approves net-launcher counter-drone systems and new Patriot units to replace those sent to Ukraine https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/bundeswehr-net-drones-patriot.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/us-army-strategic-capital-initiative-depots-red-river-anniston/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T18:47:28+00:00 US Army Materiel Command turns to private capital and leases for depot production, citing Red River and Anniston projects https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/army-strategic-capital-initiative.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/ankara-israel-al-aqsa-syria-erdogan-high-advisory-board-mecca-agreement/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T18:15:00+00:00 Ankara against Israel: “provocations” at Al-Aqsa and an attempt to stop Syria getting back on its feet, says Erdoğan’s High Advisory Board https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/al-aqsa-compound-aerial-jerusalem-2013.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/golden-dome-jtf-gold-northcom-cyber-warfare-missile-defence-shield/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T17:15:00+00:00 Golden Dome: NORTHCOM’s JTF-Gold takes on cyber warfare for the US missile-defence shield https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ground-based-interceptor-ftg-12-vandenberg-2023.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/hrmmu-ukraine-civilian-casualties-september-2026/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:56:37+00:00 UN monitors record 328 civilians killed in Ukraine in September, the highest for that month since the invasion https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-ukraine-civilian-casualties-september.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-sanctions-12-circumvention-russia-shadow-fleet/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:56:26+00:00 EU sanctions three individuals and nine entities for circumventing restrictions on Russia https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-sanctions-circumvention-listings.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/f-35c-first-arrested-landing-ford-class-carrier-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:45:00+00:00 F-35C: first arrested landing on a Ford-class carrier, the John F. Kennedy does what the Gerald R. Ford could not https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/f-35c-first-landing-cvn-79-john-f-kennedy.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/sudan-security-council-uk-sanctions-truce-el-fasher/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:38:21+00:00 Sudan at the Security Council: UK urges tougher sanctions and a truce a year after El Fasher fell https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber2-3.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/france-charles-de-gaulle-beyond-2038-france-libre-cluzel-catapults/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:30:00+00:00 France is studying keeping the Charles de Gaulle beyond 2038, as the Navy chief discusses France Libre and the FDI’s performance https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/charles-de-gaulle-pacific-steller-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/merops-interceptor-drone-us-army-program-of-record-142-days/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:15:00+00:00 Merops: how the interceptor drone born in Ukraine became a US Army program of record in 142 days https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/merops-interceptor-launcher-lipa-poland-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/israel-allies-caucus-greek-cypriot-parliaments-turkey-no-veto/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T16:00:00+00:00 Israel Allies Caucuses launched in the Greek and Cypriot parliaments, with a message to Ankara: “Turkey has no veto over our alliances” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-parliament-facade-athens.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/north-korea-submarine-launched-strategic-cruise-missiles-test-east-sea/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:45:00+00:00 North Korea tests two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, two days after 900 km ballistic launches https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/korean-peninsula-night-iss-2014.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/greece-egypt-third-round-consultations-libya-athens-unclos/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:30:00+00:00 Greece-Egypt: third round of consultations on Libya in Athens, with withdrawal of foreign forces and respect for UNCLOS https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greece-egypt-libya-consultations-athens-mfa.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/yemen-houthi-missiles-maasik-presidential-palace-aden-five-dead/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:15:00+00:00 Yemen: Houthi missiles hit the presidential palace in Aden, five dead and 16 wounded, government safe https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aden-crater-district-aerial-view.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/gaza-ceasefire-name-only-yellow-line-alakbarov-security-council/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:12:44+00:00 Gaza ceasefire “exists in name only” along the Yellow Line, UN envoy Alakbarov tells the Security Council https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber2-2.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/china-rejects-trilateral-nuclear-talks-accuses-japan-nuclear-ambitions/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:06:28+00:00 China rejects trilateral nuclear talks with US and Russia and accuses Japan of nuclear ambitions https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/china-mfa-beijing.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/eda-airsense-drone-navigation-without-satellite-signals-repmus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T15:05:22+00:00 EDA-funded AIRSENSE system flies a drone over land without satellite signals in Portugal trials https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eda-airsense-uav.webp https://geopolitiki.com/opinion/opinion-greece-response-turkey-obstructs-gsi-crisis-management-balomenos/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T14:30:00+00:00 Opinion: What will Greece do if Turkey obstructs the work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection? https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gsi-balomenos-crisis-management-cable.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/antalya-counter-navtex-eunomia-heraklion-gsi-abeille-marengo/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T14:15:00+00:00 Counter-NAVTEX from Antalya for EUNOMIA: Turkey disputes Heraklion’s authority over the GSI corridor https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-frigate-nikiforos-fokas-mediterranean-2015.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/opinion-greece-serbia-co-production-ammunition-defence-systems-cyprus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T14:00:00+00:00 Opinion: Greece and Serbia could co-produce ammunition and simple defence systems, with Cyprus as the guide https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nora-b52-155-servia-volh-yugoimport.webp https://geopolitiki.com/analysis/analysis-russian-tanks-ukraine-soviet-logic-drone-war/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T13:45:00+00:00 Analysis: Russian tanks in Ukraine, “useless” or Soviet logic adapted to the drone war? https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/t-64bv-oukrania-armata-machis.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/armenia-pashinyan-enclave-swap-azerbaijan-artsvashen/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T13:30:00+00:00 Armenia: Pashinyan proposes an enclave swap with Azerbaijan, “not a single square kilometre less” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/pasinian-erevan-epc-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/unicef-gaza-340-children-killed-since-ceasefire/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T13:21:04+00:00 UNICEF says more than 340 children reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, with 800,000 still displaced https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gaza-tents-fcdo-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/dendias-saudi-arabia-mohammed-bin-salman-patriot-eldysa-yanbu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T13:15:00+00:00 Dendias in Saudi Arabia: crown prince thanks Greece for the Patriot battery, with “technical issues” on its stay still open https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/dendias-chalint-bin-salman-riant-oktovrios-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/navy-c-130j-30-delivery-e-130j-phoenix-ii-tacamo/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T12:45:59+00:00 US Navy receives first C-130J-30 to become the E-130J Phoenix II TACAMO aircraft https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/c130j-tacamo.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/rheinmetall-albacete-medium-calibre-ammunition-spain/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T12:45:45+00:00 Rheinmetall opens medium-calibre ammunition plant in Albacete, Spain, with capacity of about 3 million components a year https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/rheinmetall-albacete.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/australia-canada-france-uk-palestinian-elections-postponement/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T11:32:57+00:00 Australia, Canada, France and the UK regret postponement of Palestinian elections to September 2027 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fcdo-building-london.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/yemen-un-230000-displaced-taiz-food-runs-out-trauma-patients/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T11:14:48+00:00 Yemen: UN says more than 230,000 displaced since August, with food out in Taiz and 700 trauma patients in a week at some health facilities https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/yemen-wfp-lahj-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/l3harris-gmlrs-rocket-motor-contract-camden/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T10:46:41+00:00 L3Harris wins $250 million from Lockheed Martin for record GMLRS rocket motor order https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/l3h-gmlrs-motor.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/wang-yi-fidan-baku-cica-china-turkey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T10:46:37+00:00 Wang Yi and Fidan meet in Baku: China readout cites Belt and Road, Middle Corridor and COP31 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-wang-yi-baku.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/trump-pickaxe-mountain-iran-newsmax-moab-destroy-quickly/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T09:15:00+00:00 Trump: “We may have to hit Pickaxe Mountain. We will destroy it quickly” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/moab-gbu-43b-eglin-test-preparation-march-2003.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-germany-mecc-lancaster-house-deep-precision-strike/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T08:40:44+00:00 UK and Germany hold equipment cooperation talks at Lancaster House, with Deep Precision Strike on the agenda https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-de-mecc.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/saab-fmv-sweden-large-uncrewed-underwater-vehicle-demonstrator/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T08:40:35+00:00 Saab, FMV and the Swedish Armed Forces launch a large uncrewed underwater vehicle demonstrator https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saab-luuv.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eastern-drc-un-envoy-security-council-washington-doha/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T07:29:24+00:00 Eastern DR Congo: UN envoy tells Security Council the situation “has continued to worsen” despite Washington and Doha tracks https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber2-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/li-qiang-visit-uzbekistan-tajikistan-russia-sco-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T06:47:04+00:00 China’s Premier Li Qiang to visit Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia from 17 to 22 October, with SCO and China-Russia government talks https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/li-qiang-mishustin.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/skunk-works-nlr-netherlands-collaboration/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T06:44:44+00:00 Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre deepen their partnership https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/skunkworks-nlr.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-security-council-middle-east-debate-hormuz-e1-lebanon/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T06:44:41+00:00 EU at the Security Council: reopen Hormuz without tolls, reverse E1 and keep a UN presence in Lebanon after UNIFIL https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber2.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/foreign-ministers-joint-statement-colombia-jerusalem-embassy/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T06:44:37+00:00 Nineteen foreign ministries condemn Colombia’s Jerusalem embassy in a joint statement published by Türkiye https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/jerusalem-panorama.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-security-council-two-state-solution-gaza-west-bank-e1/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T06:34:43+00:00 UK at the Security Council: two-state solution “under serious threat”, with calls on Israel over Gaza aid and E1 and on Hamas to disarm https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-gaza-uk.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/southern-lebanon-israel-accused-media-blackout-occupied-zone-unifil-visits-stopped/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T05:45:00+00:00 Southern Lebanon: Israel accused of a media “blackout” in the occupied zone, as UNIFIL-escorted visits stop https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unifil-irish-peacekeepers-lebanese-army-patrol-blue-line-2012.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/centcom-iran-imo-channel-16-complaint-false-uss-george-hw-bush-arabian-sea/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T05:30:00+00:00 CENTCOM calls Iran’s IMO complaint “false”, as the USS George H.W. Bush returns to the Arabian Sea https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-george-hw-bush-super-hornet-arabian-sea-june-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-eastern-border-barrier-jordan-valley-do-not-test-us-yarmouk-eilat/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T05:15:00+00:00 Netanyahu at the new barrier on Israel’s eastern border: “Do not test us”, from the Yarmouk to Eilat https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netanyahu-jordan-valley-idf-briefing-june-2019.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-security-council-presidential-statement-houthi-attacks-saudi-arabia/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T05:10:32+00:00 UN Security Council condemns escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in presidential statement https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-houthi-prst.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/northrop-grumman-ibcs-expandable-van-army-prototypes/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T04:44:43+00:00 Northrop Grumman to build IBCS prototypes in an expandable van for the U.S. Army, under a $21 million award https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ibcs-expandable-van.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uss-theodore-roosevelt-yokosuka-keen-sword/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-16T04:44:40+00:00 USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group arrives in Yokosuka ahead of exercise Keen Sword https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-tr-yokosuka.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/usaf-acc-counter-small-uas-as-a-service-contractors-base-defence-95-percent/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T22:15:00+00:00 The USAF wants contractors to guard its bases against drones, with “counter-small-UAS as a service” and a 95% neutralisation rate https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/beale-afb-counter-small-uas-exercise-june-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/north-korea-japan-nuclear-powered-submarines-dark-intention-stepping-stone-koizumi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T22:00:00+00:00 North Korea calls Japan’s nuclear-powered submarines a “dark intention” and a “stepping stone” to nuclear weapons https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/jmsdf-taigei-ss-513-kobe-port-march-2022.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/yemen-coalition-127-houthi-mountain-storage-sites-cruise-missile-medina-gulf-eu-summit-postponed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T21:45:00+00:00 Yemen coalition says it destroyed 127 Houthi mountain storage sites and downed a cruise missile over Medina https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saudi-f-15sa-eagle-riat-fairford-july-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/britain-227-ajax-accepted-boxer-not-cavalry-three-variants-dropped/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T21:30:00+00:00 Britain has accepted 227 Ajax vehicles, while the Boxer will not fill the “cavalry” role and three variants are dropped https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ajax-armoured-vehicle-salisbury-plain-2016.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/france-begins-deployment-protect-saudi-oil-facilities-yanbu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T21:15:00+00:00 France begins deploying forces to protect Saudi oil facilities at Yanbu, the foreign ministry says https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/french-samp-t-air-defence-bastille-day-parade-2021.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uae-better-prepared-than-february-28-war-with-iran-can-restart-al-nuaimi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T21:00:00+00:00 UAE: “Better prepared than on February 28”, and “the war with Iran can restart”, says a senior lawmaker https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uae-marines-intrepid-maven-exercise-february-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/mitsotakis-european-council-mff-cohesion-energy-flexibility-migration-crisis-mechanism/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T20:45:00+00:00 Mitsotakis at the European Council: no cuts to cohesion, flexibility on energy and a crisis mechanism on migration https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mitsotakis-european-council-brussels-march-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/iea-accelerate-release-100-million-barrels-emergency-stocks-diesel/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T20:30:00+00:00 IEA to speed up the release of the remaining 100 million barrels of emergency stocks, with priority for diesel https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-pipes-spr-bryan-mound-texas.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ukraine-long-neptune-borisoglebsk-airfield-voronezh-su-34-zelensky/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T20:15:00+00:00 Ukraine hits Borisoglebsk airfield with a “long Neptune”; Zelensky says four Su-34s were destroyed https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/su-34-taxiing-archive-beltyukov-2012.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/crs-report-north-korea-material-up-to-90-nuclear-warheads-icbm-seoul-hgv-soot/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T18:45:00+00:00 Congressional report: North Korea has material for up to 90 nuclear warheads, while Seoul answers the “soot” claim about its HGV https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/north-korea-ballistic-missiles-victory-day-parade-pyongyang-2013.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/france-national-service-first-recruits-join-units-10000-by-2030/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T18:44:40+00:00 France’s first national service recruits finish training and join units; ministry plans 10,000 by 2030 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fr-national-service.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/streeting-csis-washington-uk-us-defence-procurement-raven/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T18:44:37+00:00 Streeting in Washington: UK wants defence contracts in two years, citing RAVEN missile built in four months https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/streeting-csis.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/hezbollah-claims-explosives-vehicle-dahr-al-baidar-checkpoint-fadlallah-salam/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T18:30:00+00:00 Hezbollah says the vehicle with 500 kg of explosives at Dahr al-Baidar is “ours” and “does not recognise” the government ban https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lebanese-army-checkpoint-archive-funkmonk.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/zelensky-ban-over-ukraine-resumes-strikes-russian-refineries-850-shahed-ryazan/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T18:15:00+00:00 Zelensky: “The ban is over”, as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries after 850 Shaheds in a single day https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-st-sophia-cathedral-kyiv-february-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/who-ukraine-warehouses-medical-supplies-destroyed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T17:27:38+00:00 WHO says four UN-used warehouses in Ukraine were hit since July, with more than $1.5 million in medical supplies destroyed https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/who-ukraine-warehouses.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/saab-first-globaleye-sweden-presented/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T16:43:13+00:00 Saab presents first GlobalEye for Sweden, which has ordered three of the airborne early warning aircraft https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saab-globaleye-sweden-first.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-first-committee-nuclear-deterrence-debate/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T16:43:10+00:00 UN First Committee opens debate with Ukraine, Iran, Japan and others split over nuclear deterrence https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-first-committee-nuclear-debate.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-arctic-policy-framework-kumaran/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T16:34:20+00:00 UK launches updated Arctic Policy Framework, with security and stability among five priorities https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-arctic-policy-kumaran.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/kallas-european-council-squeeze-russia-not-ukraine/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T14:46:18+00:00 Kallas at the European Council: “Squeeze Russia, not Ukraine, to surrender” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kkallas.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/france-orders-more-mx-10-damocles-loitering-munitions-knds-delair/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-15T14:46:08+00:00 France orders more MX-10 DAMOCLES loitering munitions from KNDS and Delair https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kdamocles.webp