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The United Kingdom and Turkey have signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets, marking a pivotal development in Ankara’s ongoing effort to modernize its air force and deepen strategic ties with NATO allies. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed Wednesday during the International Defense Industry Fair in Istanbul, was inked by Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and UK Defense Secretary John Healey.

Thousands protested in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities against a law weakening anti-corruption bodies in the largest anti-government rallies since Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago.

Russia launched 42 drone attacks across Ukraine—striking Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Sumy, and Odesa—injuring at least a dozen people, despite both countries agreeing to meet for peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, officials said.

Iran and Russia conducted a joint naval exercise on Monday in the Caspian Sea, marking the beginning of “CASAREX 2025,” a three-day maritime security and rescue drill aimed at enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two nations’ naval forces. The drill comes just weeks after Iran’s conflict with Israel and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities–an episode that has tested the strength of Iran’s alliances with Moscow and Beijing.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a series of sweeping trade deals with Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, touting them as landmark achievements in his administration’s drive to rebalance global trade before new tariff levels take effect August 1.

In a defiant stance likely to heighten global tensions, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News on Monday that Iran will not abandon its nuclear enrichment program, describing it as a matter of national pride and scientific achievement.

Poland has “permanently withdrawn” its ambassador to Hungary because its government committed a “hostile act” by granting asylum to an ex-Polish deputy minister facing corruption charges, Poland’s foreign ministry announced.

Iran and the European powers known as the E3–Britain, France, and Germany–have agreed in principle to resume negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in the coming week, amid mounting international pressure and a looming deadline that could trigger a full reinstatement of United Nations sanctions.

Hungary has become the first European Union member state to ban three top Ukrainian military officials from entering its territory, accusing them of orchestrating forced conscription campaigns against ethnic Hungarians and others in Ukraine.

Britain and Germany signed a landmark treaty Thursday to provide each other defense assistance and closer cooperation on migration, amid European concerns over U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” stance.

Moroccan community leaders in the southeastern town of Torre Pacheco have called for calm after four nights of violent clashes between North African migrants and far-right protesters.

A new U.S. intelligence assessment reveals that last month’s airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure largely succeeded in destroying the heavily fortified Fordow enrichment facility, while only partially damaging two other sites–Isfahan and Natanz–raising concerns over Iran’s ability to resume uranium enrichment within months.

A series of deadly lightning strikes has claimed lives in the United States and Europe, officials said Thursday, underscoring the dangers of ongoing extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.

The governor of eastern Iraq’s Wasit province has declared three days of mourning after more than 60 people, including women and children, were killed when a fire destroyed a newly opened shopping mall.

The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany have set an end-of-August deadline for Iran to make concrete progress on a renewed nuclear deal–or face the reimposition of tough United Nations sanctions under the 2015 nuclear agreement’s “snapback” provision.

Southwest Iceland was once again shaken by fiery seismic activity early Wednesday as a volcano erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula–the 12th eruption in the region since 2021, marking yet another chapter in what experts are calling a long-term volcanic reawakening.