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Britain is sending anti-drone equipment and personnel to Belgium after a spate of sightings near airports and military bases, the head of the U.K. military said Sunday.

Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones, following a spate of incursions into NATO airspace.

Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an industrial plant around 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) inside Russia, local officials said.

The latest in a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine´s energy infrastructure brought power outages.

Authorities in Mexico arrested a suspected member of the Gulf Cartel who had 151 drone explosives, 18 drones, three IEDs, and various other weapons. The seizure also included state-of-the-art anti-drone weapons.

A private company at a high-profile Army conference demonstrated a unique aircraft and allegedly took credit for the mystery drone panic that gripped New Jersey and much of the East Coast in 2024, according to a source.

UK military will be authorised to shoot down mystery drones in future, following a spate of incursions to European states.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said President Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize if he convinces China to renounce the use of force against Taiwan.

Strikes on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine´s newly developed long-range missiles are causing gas shortages in Russia, Zelenskyy says.

Germany’s Munich Airport reopened Saturday morning after authorities shut it down the night before for the second time in less than 24 hours after more suspected drone sightings, the airport said in a statement.

Federal police deployed helicopters and other means to try to track down the drones, but no signs of them could be found, Bayer said.

Russia fighting war against democracy and “obvious assumption” is when things go wrong Russia can be blamed, Germany’s Chancellor said. 

The Danish defense ministry said Saturday that “drones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities” overnight Friday into Saturday. The renewed drone sightings come after there were several drone sightings in the Nordic country earlier this week, with some of them temporarily shutting down Danish airports.

Reuters reported on Thursday that Chinese drone experts have visited Russia to work on military drones for IEMZ Kupol, a weapons manufacturer owned by the Russian government that was placed under sanctions by the U.S. government in 2023.

Police say they don’t know where the mystery drones launched from, or where they “disappeared to” afterwards.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used much of his time before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City on Tuesday to warn about the global threats unleashed by Russia’s invasion of his country, especially the proliferation of drone warfare, and he criticized the weakness of international institutions for allowing Russia’s war to continue.

Unidentified drones shut down airspace over Copenhagen Airport on Monday night, prompting concerns that Russia could be behind the flyover.

British Royal Air Force fighter jets conducted a NATO defence mission over the skies of Poland in response to Russian drone incursions, the Ministry of Defence has disclosed.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute finds Chinese and Russian defense universities are cooperating in a way that evades sanctions.

Israel announced Wednesday the operational deployment of the Iron Beam, the world’s first high-energy laser defense system ready for combat, a breakthrough officials hailed as a strategic game-changer in modern warfare.

The UK will deploy RAF Typhoons to Eastern Europe, a response to Russia launching an incursion into Polish and NATO airspace.

Europe coalescing around the view that the incursion of Russian drones into NATO airspace over Poland was deliberate act.

Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland’s airspace Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine, authorities said

Poland contradicted the public line of President Trump and NATO suggesting an accident, stating on Friday “it wasn’t. And we know it.”

NATO airspace violated by “huge number of Russian drones” overnight, the Prime Minister of Poland said, as he triggered NATO’s Article Four.

A Russian drone shot down in Ukraine allegedly featured a camera including test footage taken in Shenzhen, China, belying its alleged origin – according to a report published this weekend to which the Ukrainian government subsequently responded.

The Israeli military has begun deploying the “Atalef” or “Bat” suicide drone, placing the UAV directly in the hands of ground platoons as the IDF gears up for a decisive new phase in Gaza City, while accusing Hamas of deliberately forcing civilians to remain in the city to shield its operations and manipulate international opinion.

Three Colombian police officers were injured on Sunday after a drone dropped explosives on a police station in the town of El Bordo, Cauca, marking the second time the town’s police have been attacked in less than two months.

Multiple Florida school districts will trial a drone response system designed to confront and subdue active shooters in schools using less-lethal weaponry.

Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight.

Polish military police are investigating after a reported drone exploded in a field in the east of the country, damaging nearby buildings. 

Chinese state media reported Wednesday that dog-like mechanical devices dubbed “robot wolves” were added to military exercises by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Even after the war ends, Russia will continue to pose a threat unless the world works to “change the Regime” in Moscow, Zelensky said.

Russia on Sunday scaled down the festivities honoring its navy citing security concerns as continuing Ukrainian drone attacks posed a challenge to the Kremlin.

Russian forces launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Wednesday, with targets including Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

A promotional video released by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forecasting “drone dominance” has been recast after Metallica successfully demanded the removal of one of their songs from the offering.