Türkiye has deployed an airborne warning and control aircraft to Lithuania this week as part of NATO security measures, after a series of Russian drone and jet incursions into allied airspace.
The Turkish Defence Ministry said on Thursday that the AWACS aircraft had been carrying out missions over Lithuania from 22 to 25 September under NATO assurance measures. The radar planes are designed to spot low-flying drones and other threats that ground systems may miss.
Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and Poland have all reported violations of their airspace by Russian drones or fighter jets in recent weeks. Poland has shot down several drones, while Lithuania’s parliament authorised its armed forces on Tuesday to down any unmanned aerial vehicles entering its skies.
Western officials say Moscow is probing NATO’s readiness and resolve.
Estonia and Poland have already asked the alliance to trigger Article 4 consultations, which allow members to discuss threats to their security.
NATO has reinforced its eastern flank following the incursions, with the new deployment adding to air policing and surveillance missions already in place.
Türkiye, which has the second largest army in the alliance, has sought to balance relations with Russia and the West.
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AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
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At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at The White House on Thursday, with Washington signalling it may lift a hold on advanced fighter-jet sales to Ankara.
Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to appear in court on Thursday for a hearing over his bid to set aside a jury's verdict finding the hip-hop mogul guilty on prostitution charges but clearing him of more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) first Contact Group meeting on Afghanistan was held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The meeting took place in New York during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
Israeli police said on Thursday (25 September) they had arrested a man for threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Moldova holds a high-stakes parliamentary election on 28 September that could determine the fate of its bid to join the European Union, amidst what officials have described as a subversive Russian campaign to sway the vote and sabotage the effort.
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