President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed confidence Turkey would be readmitted to the US F-35 program and receive the stealth fighter jets in line with "an agreement" with US President Donald Trump.
Finland's President Alexander Stubb on Friday approved the country's withdrawal from a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing a "deteriorated security situation" and a longer-term threat from Russia.
Hamas said it was ready to start talks "immediately" on a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the civil defense agency said Israel's ongoing offensive killed 20 people on Saturday.
Germany was exploring the possibility of purchasing more Patriot air defense systems from the United States for Ukraine, a government spokesman said Friday, as Russia intensifies its aerial attacks.
Syria said on Friday it was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the two countries' forces.
US President Donald Trump said Russia just wanted to "keep killing people" and hinted at sanctions after Moscow launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the three-year-old war.
While South Korea cannot fully detach from a Taiwan crisis due to its alliance with the US and regional dynamics, it also cannot afford full military engagement due to geographic, economic, and domestic constraints.
Taiwan is boosting its defense capabilities with the “Overkill” drone, a cutting-edge unmanned aerial system designed to counter potential Chinese military threats.