Spain is adapting its Juan Carlos I aircraft carrier for unmanned aerial systems, following global trends in naval aviation.

Airbus & Navantia to integrate the SIRTAP drone into the carrier, inspired by Türkiye’s TCG ANADOLU, the world’s first drone carrier.

Unlike Türkiye’s armed Bayraktar TB3, SIRTAP is currently an ISR platform.

Source: TWZ

Poll shows 85% of Greenlanders oppose U.S. annexation, with only 6% in favor and 9% undecided.

Despite its Mexico-sized landmass, Greenland has just 57,000 residents and gained broad autonomy in 2009, including the right to declare independence.

Source: Reuters, Berlingske

Pentagon has stripped retired Gen. Mark Milley of his security clearance and personal security detail.

Milley may also face a demotion, with a Pentagon review board considering removing a star, which could impact his pension and retired status.

The move follows controversy over Milley’s alleged remarks in Bob Woodward’s book, where he reportedly called Trump “fascist to the core” and raised concerns about Trump’s mental stability and control over nuclear weapons.

Another Russian oil refinery was hit by Ukrainian kamikaze UAVs, this time targeting Lukoil’s Nizhny Novgorod facility in Kstovo.

It is one of the largest refineries in the country, with an installed capacity of 17 million tonnes per year.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn from ECOWAS with effect from 29 January 2025.

ECOWAS Statement

The United States Navy has officially banned its members from using China's DeepSeek for fear of “potential security and ethical concerns associated with the model’s origin and usage”.

Source: CNBC

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry:

Robert Fico is looking for enemies and has found them in Ukraine. We advise him to look not abroad, but in the mirror.

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa asked Moscow to hand over the ousted president Bashar Assad.

Source: Reuters

Israeli forces shot down a drone in the Israeli airspace coming from Egypt that was smuggling weapons in the border areas.

Source: Al Jazeera

Zelensky:

Putin does not want Trump to help Kiev, because it will make Ukraine even stronger.

International pressure on Putin is necessary. China can play a particularly important role in this.

Source: FOX News

NATO confirmed a Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, whose firm supplies arms to Ukraine.

This marks NATO’s first official acknowledgment of the attempt, foiled by U.S. and German intelligence in July 2024.

NEW: China's Alibaba unveiled its upgraded AI model Qwen 2.5-Max, claiming it surpasses DeepSeek-V3, GPT-4o, and Llama-3.1-405B.

288 Romanian mercenaries surrendered to Rwanda after crossing from Goma, now under M23 control.

An estimated 800 Romanians are active in the DRC, hired for security.

Southern Cyprus Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas:

"Cyprus relies more on Israel than Greece. Greeks may be our brothers, but Israel is our neighbor. Israelis are right next to us. They can reach Cyprus in three minutes."

Palmas stated that the U.S. is expanding Cyprus’s military infrastructure, upgrading Andreas Papandreou Air Base and Mari Naval Base for use by the U.S., EU, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and allies.

He emphasized Israel’s privileged access to the Baf airbase.

Israeli Merkava tank chasing Lebanese civilian vehicles.

Civilians raise Hezbollah flags, get fired in the leg by IDF snipers.