Semafor security

“Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Kyiv, though other world leaders and analysts disagree.

Analysts say that keeping King in Pyongyang may have been of little benefit to the isolated country.

“We are actively looking into whether all law and policy was properly followed in granting my chief of staff top secret special compartmented information,” Maier said on Thursday.

The U.S. ensured Israel changed some of its travel policies in order to secure visa-free entry for its citizens.

King was detained after entering North Korea across the border from South Korea while on a tour in the demilitarized zone in July.

Republican legislators are demanding an investigation into an Iranian-backed influence scheme that built ties with associates of the Biden administration’s now-suspended Iran special envoy, including a current Pentagon employee.

Western allies are figuring out how to balance Canada’s diplomatic feud with India who is a key player in countering China’s influence.

The Kremlin released footage of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander attending a meeting — a day after Kyiv claimed the leader was among those who died in its missile strike on occupied Crimea.

France’s withdrawal from Niger is taking place amid mounting protests and growing anti-French sentiment in the Sahel.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive is showing some progress after armored vehicles appeared to breach Russia’s main defensive line in the southeast, according to some analysts.

Al-Monitor and Semafor’s inaugural Middle East Global Summit convened the region’s leaders, business heads, and policymakers to discuss the global impact of the Middle East.

There have been close to 100 cases of attempted and successful incidents of Chinese espionage over the past year — and roughly a dozen from this year.