BIG: China has reportedly used UAE-sourced technology to upgrade two key air-to-air missiles—the PL-15 (long-range) and PL-10 (short-range)—boosting their range, guidance, and resistance to countermeasures by about 20–30%.

The tech transfer likely came from the UAE’s experience with Western missile systems like France’s Mica and the UK’s ASRAAM.

U.S. intelligence uncovered the collaboration through satellite and signals data, sparking concern in Washington over UAE-China defense ties and potential leakage of Western tech.

Source: FT

WATCH: Disturbing video shows Israeli soldiers and "settlers" brutally assaulting a Palestinian man in front of his wife while the couple harvested olives on their land near Bethlehem.

Indians joyfully throwing cow dung at each other to mark the end of Diwali.

Trump dances with the locals in Malaysia.

Trump on stopping wars:

I love doing it. I shouldn’t say it’s a hobby, because it’s so much more serious than a hobby — but it’s something that I’m good at and it’s something I love to do.

A building in Kyiv burns after Russian attacks.

The moment a Russian drone hit a building in Ukraine's Kyiv.

Trump oversaw Thailand and Cambodia’s signing of a new ceasefire at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia.

Putin:

Russia’s nuclear forces are at the highest level in the world.

NEW: Terror group PKK announces the withdrawal of all its terrorists and logistics units from Türkiye to northern Iraq.

Putin says Russia successfully tested the 9M730 Burevestnik (SSC-X-9 Skyfall) — a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable intercontinental cruise missile with theoretical unlimited range and the ability to evade missile defenses.

The missile flew for 15 hours, 14,000 km.

Putin claims it has “no analogues in the world.”

Sudan: UAE-backed RSF militants claim they have captured the Sudanese Army’s 6th Division headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Georgia’s State Security Service arrested three Chinese nationals in Tbilisi for allegedly trying to buy 2 kg of uranium for $400,000 to smuggle to China via Russia.

They face up to 10 years in prison.

The EU was Russia’s third-largest trading partner in 2024, with total trade worth about €67.5 billion.

China remained the top partner at $244.8 billion, followed by India.

Source: Bild

Mario Draghi warns the EU is “struggling to respond to the changing world order” and that “our governance has not changed for many years.”

He urged “a new pragmatic federalism” to tackle Europe’s economic, security, and political challenges.

Zohran Mamdani gave an emotional speech outside a NYC mosque after being smeared by rivals and media:

Yesterday, Andrew Cuomo laughed when a host said I’d cheer another 9/11…

Eric Adams compared me to violent extremists… Curtis Sliwa claimed I support global jihad.

I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.

Growing up in the shadow of 9/11, I have known what it means to live with an undercurrent of suspicion in this city.

I will always remember the disdain that I faced, the way that my name could immediately become Mohammed, and how I could return to my city only to be asked in a double-mirrored room at the airport if I had any plan on attacking it.

To be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity, but indignity does not make us distinct.

Albanian PM Edi Rama says the country’s AI “minister” Diella is “pregnant.”

He said she will soon “give birth to 83 AI children”.

Diella “never sleeps, doesn’t need pay, and has no cousins.”

Trump and Lula meet in Malaysia.

RSF announced it had taken control of the 271st Air Defense Brigade camp belonging to SAF inside El Fasher.

After Ukrainian politicians jumped into the drone industry, taking shares in local manufacturers, it now seems to be the turn of American politicians — whose families are also getting involved and investing in the drone business.

German Porsche’s profits collapsed 99% in the first nine months of 2025, from €4.03 billion to just €40 million.

Porsche also posted €966 million operating loss in Q3 2025, worse than expected.

Heavy EV investments, delayed launches, and weak China sales crushed margins.

The company spent €2.7 billion retooling factories and wrote off nearly €1 billion amid a “strategic transformation.”