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The US Defense Secretary addressed Asia’s most important defence summit, but did not mention Taiwan as questions remain over a stalled weapons package. Source link

Ukraine has developed AI-enabled drones capable of making precision strikes from hundreds of kilometres away, and it means using Russia’s vital logistics routes has become a dangerous “lottery”. Source link

Several survivors of Epstein’s abuse gathered outside the Capitol office where the interview was taking place and made their presence known to Pam Bondi as she entered the room. Source link

US President Donald Trump says his administration will transfer control of the Kennedy Center to Congress, after a judge ordered the removal of his name from the Washington venue and blocked his plans to close it for renovations. Source link

The US president has been weighing a tentative agreement that would open the Strait of Hormuz and begin talks on Tehran’s nuclear program. Source link

Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters. Source link

In 2023, Interpol alerted Australian police that packages sold by the man, which contained a lethal substance, were sent to Australia, prompting authorities to check on the welfare of recipients.  Source link

The outbreak is threatening to overwhelm health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while nine cases have now been confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.  Source link

A Russian drone has struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, wounding two people. Source link

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor has denied his office has launched a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s. Source link