🇦🇫🇷🇺 | Russia's Power Machines is interested in investing in the restoration, modernization, and expansion of Afghanistan's power generation facilities — BNA

🇧🇩🇨🇳🇹🇷 | Bangladesh's partnerships with China and Turkey on manufacturing UAVs are driving its shift toward building a domestic defense industry — Nikkei Asia

🇷🇺🇸🇾 | Syria's civil aviation authority and Russian officials held talks on finalizing procedures for the handover and operation of Latakia International Airport — SANA

🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Ukraine has sent Russia an offer suggesting that both countries halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source says — Reuters

🇩🇿🇳🇪 | Algeria's ENAFOR has officially launched drilling operations at the Kafra South-East 1 exploration well in Agadez Region, northern Niger — ANP

🇦🇪 | Abu Dhabi's ADNOC says two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz this evening, with no casualties reported — WAM

🇪🇬🇹🇷 | Turkey's foreign minister says bilateral relations with Egypt are "at an excellent level" under the leadership of their presidents — AA

🇮🇳🇵🇰 | Pakistan's prime minister says water is "our red line" and warns that India will face "a direct response" if it does not "keep on the right track" — Dawn

🇺🇸 | CENTCOM says claims of deaths and a spike in suicidal ideations among sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East are "false" — X

🇸🇩 | The RSF launched a swarm of UAVs toward Khartoum for a second day in a row, intensifying its attacks against areas held by Sudan's military — Al-Monitor

🇸🇦 | A second very large crude carrier was spotted moored at Saudi Arabia's main oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, as loadings may be picking up — Bloomberg

🇳🇪🇺🇸 | An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October 2025 has been released and is "in the care of US officials," his organization says — statement

🇦🇫 | The mayor of Fayzabad in northern Afghanistan was killed in a bomb attack claimed by the NRF, an armed opposition group fighting the Taliban — RFE/RL

🇮🇷 | The IRGC tracked and destroyed an MQ-9 UAV over Hormozgan Province in southern Iran using a new advanced air defense system — IRIB

🇨🇺🇩🇴 | The Dominican Republic's foreign ministry says Cuba's embassy must withdraw nine of its diplomats and their relatives within seven days — statement

🇰🇭🇨🇳🇺🇸 | Cambodia says it will resume joint military exercises with the US next year, 10 years after scrapping them following drills with China in early 2017 — AFP

🇯🇵🇷🇺 | Japan is considering taking some measure in response to the visit of Russia's president to the Kuril Islands, a senior foreign ministry official says — Kyodo

🇱🇧🇬🇧 | The UK has signed a 31-month MoU providing up to £16.3 million (∼$22 million) to support Lebanon's military and internal security forces — NNA

🇮🇱 | Eurovision says Israel's Moroccanoil has decided not to renew its sponsorship contract with the song contest, ending a six-year partnership — NRK

🇨🇳🇵🇰 | Pakistan reportedly plans to more than double its fleet of Chinese-made SH-15 155 mm self-propelled howitzers from 236 units to over 500 — ThePrint

🇮🇶🇦🇪 | Iraq's SOMO says Abu Dhabi's ADNOC is among firms buying its crude oil and sending cargoes out through the Strait of Hormuz — Bloomberg