The United States and Saudi Arabia signed agreements on civil nuclear energy and the sale of cutting-edge US F-35 warplanes during a visit Tuesday by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House said.
Russia said it will not send an official to Turkey on Wednesday for Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit, during which the Ukrainian president said he wants to “reinvigorate” diplomatic efforts to end the war.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hailed Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, saying it would bring “peace and prosperity” after it was endorsed by the UN Security Council.
European defense debates increasingly revolve around budget targets, procurement coordination, and the aspiration for “strategic autonomy”. However, these efforts skirt around a far more fundamental issue: the lack of industrial and energy depth necessary to sustain credible military power.
North Korea denounced an agreement between Seoul and Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, saying in a state media commentary on Tuesday that the deal would cause a “nuclear domino” effect.
The UN Security Council voted Monday in favor of a US resolution bolstering Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.
Germany is to remove restrictions it placed in August on arms exports to Israel, which could be used in the Gaza Strip, the government announced on Monday.
The arrival in South Africa of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week was “suspicious” and indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians out of Gaza and the West Bank,” the foreign minister said on Monday.
India said Monday it had signed a “significant” deal that will see the United States supply nearly 10 percent of the Asian giant’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports, as it seeks to diversify its energy sources.
South Korea’s military on Monday proposed talks with the North to avoid border clashes, citing recent incursions by North Korean troops.
