North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan, Seoul says. Japan's Coast Guard assesses it was likely a ballistic missile.

US Marines carry out first publicly disclosed live-fire exercise using FPV drones on the Korean Peninsula during joint drills with South Korea

US Marines carry out their first publicly disclosed live-fire exercise using first-person view (FPV) drones on the Korean Peninsula during joint drills with South Korea.

NATO will "urgently" deliver air defences to Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns of a surge in Russian missile production — The The Guardian.

NATO will "urgently" deliver air defences to Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns of a surge in Russian missile production, according to The Guardian.

China maintains Level-IV flood emergency response for Shaanxi, Heilongjiang. Five ministry working groups dispatched to guide on-site flood prevention in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Hainan as rainfall pushes 15 rivers above warning levels.

China's Ministry of Water Resources has kept a Level-IV emergency flood response in place for Shaanxi Province in northwest China and Heilongjiang Province in the northeast, the ministry said Thursday. Five working groups have been dispatched to assist on-site flood prevention in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Hainan. Rainfall from Wednesday to Thursday morning pushed 15 rivers in Shaanxi and Yunnan above warning levels.

Japanese PM Takaichi drew criticism at Hiroshima's atomic bombing memorial for vague remarks on the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, declining to commit to upholding them in security document revisions.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew opposition criticism at Hiroshima's 81st atomic bombing memorial for deliberately vague remarks on Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles, declining at a press conference to commit to upholding them in upcoming security document revisions due by year-end.