(London, Reuters) Arctic leaders have warned that the threat of hybrid warfare is spreading from the Baltic Sea to the far north, including through actions by countries like Russia that damage undersea internet cables.

(Washington, D.C.) The USS Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the United States, has led a carrier strike group into the Caribbean Sea and joined the U.S. amphibious ready group and the Marine Corps expeditionary force previously deployed there to carry out U.S. anti-drug operations.

(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant said that President Trump's plan to distribute a $2,000 (about S$2,602) "bonus" subsidy to U.S. citizens using tariff revenue must be approved by Congress.

(Jerusalem) The United Nations Security Council will vote on a draft resolution on Gaza supported by the United States. Israel reiterated its opposition to Palestinian statehood and the need to disarm Hamas ahead of the vote.

(Belen, Reuters) Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Belém, a city in northern Brazil, to express their discontent with governments and the fossil fuel industry, chanting for more action to protect the planet. This was the first such large-scale protest at the UN climate summit since COP26 in Glasgow four years ago.

(Bloomberg, Seoul) U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Caudall said the United States hopes South Korea will eventually deploy its newly approved nuclear-powered submarines to help counterbalance China’s rapidly expanding fleet, calling it a responsibility that South Korea, as a key ally of the United States, should fulfill.

(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. Department of Justice announced that, at the direction of President Trump, it has formed a task force to investigate Democrats connected with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

(London, Reuters) Britain will undertake the largest reform of its asylum policy in modern history, emulating countries like Denmark to strictly control the status and conditions of refugees. This is the latest effort by the Labour government to counter the anti-immigrant Reform Party and win back voter support.