Asia
Japan and US put munitions production at the centre of regional deterrence
Shinjiro Koizumi and Pete Hegseth linked industrial capacity to denial-based defence while Tokyo prepares to update its security strategy.
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Asia
Middle East
US warning raises prospect of a short, intense new Iran campaign
Gulf states were told to prepare for renewed fighting after the US midterms as forces, air defences and strike plans are repositioned across the region.
Asia
Taiwan says China is using militia boats to widen battlefield preparation
Coastguard officials describe coordinated civilian, research and law-enforcement vessels as a grey-zone network extending pressure into the western Pacific.
Africa
North Africa outlook points to converging political, economic and security strains
Protests in Tunisia, division in Libya, fiscal pressure in Egypt and a Sahel emergency are interacting with sharper competition among outside powers.
Middle East
Trump hints at renewed Iran strikes as West Bank crisis intensifies
A new US warning coincided with a deadly Hebron clash and Israel's threat of a large operation and full lockdown in the occupied territory.
Latin America
El Salvador sends special forces to Haiti after four troops go missing
A rescue deployment followed a gang ambush in Croix-des-Bouquets, the first major attack on the new international security force.
Latin America
US envoy's Magellan remarks trigger sovereignty backlash in Chile
Ambassador Brandon Judd appeared to connect US support for Chilean sovereignty in the Strait of Magellan to cooperation on Washington's priorities, prompting official rejection before he said his words had been misrepresented.
Europe
French school protests spread as clashes close about 400 high schools
High-school students demanding better classrooms, staffing and funding clashed with police across France, while the government combined mass arrests, closures and promises of dialogue amid escalating violence.
Brazil
Bahia's violence tests Lula in the Brazilian stronghold he needs for reelection
Public fear over gangs and police lethality is eroding confidence in Bahia, where Lula won 72% in 2022 and now needs another large margin against Flávio Bolsonaro.
Africa
Declassified warnings intensify scrutiny of Spain's response to Ceuta crossing
Released intelligence records show Spain's CNI warned Madrid, Ceuta and Morocco one day before more than 70,000 migrants crossed into the enclave, sharpening questions about preparation and response.
Africa
UN investigators map foreign networks sustaining Sudan's war
A UN fact-finding mission linked companies and personnel across several countries to weapons, financing, logistics and contractors serving Sudan's warring forces, and urged a wider arms embargo.
Latin America
US accelerates deportations to Haiti despite expanding gang violence
A flight carrying 101 deportees landed in Cap-Haïtien, the third weekly arrival in a row, as advocates challenged returns to a country where gangs control much of the capital.