US considers military options to acquire Greenland

China’s military launched large-scale war games around Taiwan on Monday, deploying army, navy, air force and artillery units as part of its “Justice Mission 2025” drills, while Taiwan vowed to defend its democracy and mobilised troops to prepare for a potential attack.

Pakistan has struck a weapons deal worth more than $4 billion with Libya’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), Pakistani officials said, despite a long-standing United Nations arms embargo on the conflict-hit North African country.

The United States has approved $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, marking the largest weapons package ever authorised for the self-ruled island amid rising military pressure from China.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Ukraine is prepared to drop its demand for Nato membership in exchange for strong security guarantees from the United States and European partners, as efforts intensify to advance peace talks with Russia.

Global pilot groups have voiced strong concerns after India temporarily relaxed strict pilot rest regulations for IndiGo, saying the move could compromise aviation safety by worsening pilot fatigue.

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels on Monday, calling for additional air defense systems as Russia continues its missile and drone attacks.

Global airlines scrambled to fix a software glitch on Airbus A320 jets on Saturday as a partial recall by the European planemaker halted hundreds of flights in Asia and Europe and threatened U.S. travel over the busiest weekend of the year.

China on Tuesday successfully launched the unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft, state-run Xinhua reported. The launch took place at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s northwest.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday that Ukraine has placed an order for 100 Dassault Rafale fighter jets under a new defense cooperation agreement signed with French President Emmanuel Macron.

With a steel-cutting ceremony, Türkiye on Sunday began building the first naval logistics ship for the Portuguese Navy.

Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable weapon Moscow says can evade any defence system, and will move towards deploying the weapon, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

Cambodia and Thailand signed a landmark peace agreement in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, formally ending months of tension and deadly border clashes. The accord was signed during the 47th ASEAN Summit in the presence of US President Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Pakistan’s military has issued a stark warning that any future conflict with India could result in “cataclysmic devastation,” following what it described as “provocative and jingoistic” remarks by senior Indian defense officials.

Chinese drone experts have flown to Russia to conduct technical development work on military drones at a state-owned weapons manufacturer that is under Western sanctions, according to two European security officials and documents seen by Reuters.

Spain’s Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over the high civilian death toll in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Afghanistan on Saturday, saying “bad things” would happen if the country does not hand back control of the Bagram Air Base to the United States.