🇷🇺🇰🇷🇬🇧 | The first South Korean container ship to have used Russia's Northern Sea Route has arrived in Felixstowe in the UK after departing from Busan — TradeWinds

🇰🇵🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Up to 25,000 North Korean workers disguised as students are producing UAVs in Russia for use against Ukraine, violating international sanctions — Bloomberg

🇨🇳🇮🇷🇸🇦🇾🇪 | China has privately asked Iran to help rein in the Houthis in response to an appeal from Saudi Arabia, Iranian sources say — Reuters

🇮🇱🇷🇸 | Serbia has officially inaugurated a factory to assemble advanced Israeli-made UAVs on its soil, while at least three more could be built in the future — Tanjug

🇦🇫🇹🇷 | The head of Turkey's intelligence agency travelled to Afghanistan and held bilateral talks with senior Taliban officials in Kabul and Kandahar — AITV

🇸🇦🇺🇸 | The State Department says it has approved a potential sale to Saudi Arabia of 48 F-35 fighter jets and related equipment for $24.3 billion — statement

🇵🇼🇺🇸 | The US is upgrading a WW2-era Japanese wharf to berth Navy ships, installing radars, and widening an airstrip on the Pacific archipelago of Palau — AFP

🇪🇹🇸🇩 | Sudan's military shot down UAVs headed for critical hydroelectric and irrigation dams near Ethiopia, military and local sources say — Sudan Tribune

🇮🇷🇺🇸 | Iran has shot down at least two American MQ-1 UAVs in recent days, and at least 24 MQ-9 UAVs have been lost since the US began its war on Iran — CBS News

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🇮🇳🇲🇾 | Malaysia's prime minister confirmed that bilateral talks have been held with India over the possible acquisition of the BrahMos air-to-surface missile — Bernama

🇨🇦🇪🇺 | Several European diplomats were caught off guard and questioned the practical feasibility of Canada becoming an "associate member" of the EU — Politico

🇬🇷🇮🇱 | Two Greek frigates and two Israeli missile boats have conducted joint naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean in recent days — Kathimerini

🇩🇪🇺🇸 | The Pentagon says Hegseth and Germany's defense minister signed an agreement to deepen cooperation between arms makers in both countries — statement

🇫🇷🇰🇷 | The air forces of France and South Korea held an aerial exercise this week, marking the first joint drills between the two countries in three years — Yonhap

🇬🇧🇺🇸🇻🇪 | Venezuela's government and the opposition are nearing a deal to move the central bank's gold reserves, worth ∼$4 billion, from the UK to New York — FT