Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases

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Turkey wants to revisit its US ban on acquiring F-35 stealth fighters.
Turkey wants to revisit its US ban on acquiring F-35 stealth fighters.

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Putin hails Trump as a 'smart and experienced person' who can bring peace to Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Astana; President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
"President Trump, a smart and experienced person, will come up with a solution," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday.

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Xi Jinping's military purge is bleeding into his elite circle of generals commanding China's forces

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks on during the second session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024.
Xi's anti-corruption crackdown has pushed into the highest echelons of China's military recently, and it looks like the purge still isn't finished.

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Trump may be more likely to get a deal from Russia if he backs Ukraine's resistance

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Keith Kellogg
Keith Kellogg at a White House briefing in 2020. He'll be leading the Trump administration's Ukraine policy.

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Trump faces a far more emboldened Kim Jong Un this time around

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Donald Trump looks at North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, who is looking directly ahead.
President-elect Donald Trump will find North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, a much tougher and more emboldened character to deal with when he enters office.

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Russia will likely send North Korean troops to the most dangerous spots to fight, says South Korea

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Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Ukrainian vehicle parked in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Kursk Region on August 18, 2024.
Ukrainian forces hit North Korean troops with Storm Shadow missiles in Kursk last week, an official told the Financial Times.

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US urges Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds to solve manpower shortages on the battlefield

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Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv.

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See aboard the USS Beloit, the Navy's new $500 million littoral combat ship upgraded to fight near coastlines

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The USS Beloit decorated with ribbons.
USS Beloit is the US Navy's newest Freedom-class littoral combat ship.

US Navy photo by EJ Hersom

Xi Jinping can't seem to find the right man to be the face of China's military

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China's defense minister, Adm. Dong Jun, arrives with his delegation for a bilateral meeting in May 2024.
Adm. Dong Jun was reported on Wednesday by the FT to be facing a corruption probe, making him the third straight person in the office or retired from the post to be investigated.

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See the Chinese cargo ship suspected of sabotaging critical undersea cables between 4 NATO countries

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Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored
Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored in waters near Denmark as it faces an investigation into suspected sabotage of undersea cables.

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