Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets Libyan officials in Tripoli, including Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi and High Council of State chair Mohamed Miftah Takala, his ministry says.

UK seeks to resume high-level military contacts with Russia over 'unintended escalation' fears, The Times reports. Last contact between British and Russian defence chiefs was September 2022.

Britain wants to resume high-level military contacts with Russia; British military chiefs fear the risk of 'unintended escalation' due to the absence of dialogue, The Times reports. The question was raised after the Russian frigate Grigorovich fired warning shots in June in the English Channel near a British-flagged yacht; the last contact between Russian Chief of theStaff Gerasimov and the UK Chief of the Defence Staff was in September 2022.

Trump says the US sells weapons and fighter jets to the EU at full cost, and European countries can transfer them to Ukraine if they choose.

Donald Trump said in an interview with American TV host Wayne Allyn Root that the United States sells weapons and fighter jets to the European Union at full cost, and EU countries are free to do as they wish with them, including transferring them to Ukraine.

Trump claims US has 'total control' over Iran's finances, outlines three Iran policy options including 'hitting them really, really hard,' cites 300% inflation

US President Donald Trump says Washington has 'total control' over Iran's finances and is effectively acting as Tehran's banker, outlining three policy options including 'hitting them really, really hard.' He cited Iran's 300% inflation, collapsing currency and difficulties paying soldiers as evidence of economic pressure.

Russia releases ailing former US marine after more than four years on disputed charges. Advocacy group says he was 'gravely ill' and at risk of dying in custody. Release confirmed Tuesday.

Russia freed a former US marine on Tuesday after more than four years of imprisonment on disputed charges, according to an advocacy group that said he was gravely ill and at risk of dying in custody.