The US will send additional cutting-edge missile and unmanned systems to the Philippines.

In a joint statement after talks in Manila, both countries agreed to expand deployments of advanced US weapons.

Source: Bloomberg

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Turkish President Erdogan arrives in Ethiopia for his first visit in over a decade, marking 100 years of diplomatic ties.

He was welcomed in Addis Ababa by PM Abiy Ahmed.

Talks focus on trade, investment, defense, energy, and regional security.

U.S. Deploys 100 More Troops to Northern Nigeria

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Nigeria’s foreign ministry warned citizens on Monday against illegal recruitment into foreign conflicts after Ukraine confirmed two Nigerian deaths. Abuja cited deceptive contracts and coercion, highlighting legal and security risks tied to overseas enlistment.

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Iran and the United States have completed a second round of indirect nuclear negotiations in Geneva, exchanging proposals through Omani mediators amid heightened regional tensions and military signaling in the Gulf.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

We reached a general agreement on a set of guiding principles.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

Both sides still have positions that will take time to bring closer together, but we now have a set of guiding principles under which we are proceeding.

France–India Ties Surge as Global Order Shifts

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Niger’s President Abdourahamane Tchiani accuses Benin’s President Patrice Talon of abandoning northern Benin to terrorists and “French and Ukrainian mercenaries”:

Throughout northern Benin, there is not a single Beninese soldier.

He left it in the hands of terrorists and French and Ukrainian mercenaries.

Israel’s Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Hamas will have 60 days to surrender all weapons or Israel will resume military operations in Gaza.

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Turkish President Erdogan:

We believe that the region’s problems should once again be resolved by the countries of the region themselves, and that the Horn of Africa should not be turned into an arena for the struggle of foreign powers.

In this context, I would like to reiterate that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland benefits neither Somalia nor the Horn of Africa.

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WATCH: Ukrainian F-16 shooting down a Russian Shahed drone using an APKWS laser-guided rocket.

The new APKWS setup gives Ukraine’s F-16s up to 14 low-cost air-to-air rockets.

WATCH: Turkish Bayraktar TB3 UCAV successfully takes off from and lands on TCG ANADOLU in the Baltic Sea during NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2026 exercise.

WATCH: Burkina Faso’s military released footage of Bayraktar UCAV strikes on JNIM terror group, targeting swarms of motorcycles.

NEW: U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out three lethal strikes on vessels linked to designated terrorist organizations involved in narcotics trafficking.

Eleven suspected narco-terrorists were killed—four on each of two vessels in the Eastern Pacific and three on a third vessel in the Caribbean.

WATCH: Japan's Nikkei video shows around 2,000 Chinese fishing vessels forming massive, coordinated line formations in the East China Sea in late December 2025.

The boats — widely believed to include China’s maritime militia — assembled in long parallel or L-shaped lines stretching hundreds of kilometers, with no visible fishing activity.

A second, smaller formation (1,400–1,500 vessels) followed in January 2026.

The drills demonstrate large-scale coordination and potential blockade or sea control capabilities, likely linked to gray-zone tactics near disputed waters, including areas relevant to Taiwan.

White House official to Barak Ravid:

Progress has been made in talks with Iran, but many details remain unresolved.

The Iranians said they will return within two weeks with detailed proposals to help bridge the remaining gaps between our positions.

Zelensky said Ukrainians would reject any peace deal that requires Kyiv to give Russia full control of the Donbas.

“Emotionally, people will never forgive this. Never.”

He warned that if Ukraine simply withdraws and “sacrific[es] sovereignty and the citizenship of the people who live there,” the public would vote it down in a referendum.

Source: Axios

Zelensky said it was “not fair” that Trump publicly pressures Ukraine — not Russia — to make concessions.

“I hope it is just his tactics and not the decision.”

Source: Axios

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Senate Republicans:

Threatening President Trump and the United States is not a wise decision.