Ukrainian forces said they had retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and had encircled Russian troops there as Zelenskiy visited the area and praised the operation, saying it strengthened Ukraine diplomatically.

The admiral in charge of U.S. military forces in Latin America retired two years early on Friday, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats.

The countries have enjoyed a close relationship since the rule of former leader Hugo Chávez

Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time on Thursday, halting production at the facility owned by Lukoil (LKOH.MM), opens new tab, according to an official from Ukraine's Security Service.

NATO chief Mark Rutte on Thursday urged allies to step up defence efforts to prevent a war waged by Russia, that could be "on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured".

U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around Japan and South Korea.

The United States has for the first time criticised China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise last week, an incident over which the Asian neighbours have given differing accounts as tensions escalate.

Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations of targeting civilians in artillery and rocket attacks on Wednesday, as Trump said he would try to intervene to stop the fighting and salvage a ceasefire he brokered earlier this year.

Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.

China and Russia carried out their 10th joint strategic air patrol over the East China Sea and western Pacific on Tuesday, China's defence ministry said in a statement.

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