* Cambodia said on Saturday that the Thai military had used an F-16 fighter jet to bomb a concrete bridge inside Cambodian territory.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia and Europe would prosper by uniting and complementing each other rather than fighting. Speaking during his annual year-end press conference, Putin said closer cooperation between Russia and European countries could generate significant economic benefits for all sides.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that the situation on the battlefield is complicated and increasingly difficult.
* Representatives of Europe will take part in peace negotiations between Ukraine and the United States on Friday, Ukraine's top peace negotiator Rustem Umerov said.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia opposes the deployment of weapons in space, stressing that Moscow sees no threat related to recent discussions about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
* A drone believed to be of Russian origin crashed in a rural area of northwestern Türkiye on Friday, Turkish authorities said.
* The presidents of Poland and Ukraine on Friday reiterated their cooperation on security at a joint press conference in Warsaw. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Poland for the first time since the inauguration of his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki in August.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that Hungary had opposed the use of frozen Russian assets and rejected participation in a joint European loan for Ukraine, following overnight talks among European Union (EU) leaders in Brussels.
* Russia has expressed opposition to discussions in Japan about the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said Saturday.
* Russia is in need of some 44,000 specialized professionals in the drone sector, with more than 19,000 personnel trained over the past two years, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said Friday.
* China on Friday requested consultations with India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over India's tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT) products and solar sector subsidies, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
* Cambodia and Laos on Friday launched the second phase of cross-border QR code payments, which allow Lao travelers to shop in Cambodia by using their own currency.
* The Malaysian government will implement the Solar Accelerated Transition Action Program (Solar ATAP), effective on Jan. 1, 2026, to optimize building rooftops for renewable energy generation.
* Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday approved a supplementary estimate of 500 billion rupees (about 1.61 billion U.SD) to restore livelihoods and rebuild infrastructure damaged by a recent disaster.
* The U.S. military struck more than 70 suspected Islamic State-linked targets across central Syria on Friday in retaliation for a recent attack that killed two U.S. soldiers, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
* About 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton in Southern California are being deployed to Yuma, Arizona, to support security along the U.S.-Mexico border, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday.
* U.S. forces launched missiles from their bases in the countryside of Deir al-Zour toward Islamic State (IS) positions in desert areas in eastern and northern Syria after midnight, Syrian state media reported Saturday.
* The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) on Saturday confirmed that they had taken part in U.S. airstrikes targeting IS targets in Syria on Friday.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi slammed the "irresponsible" approach adopted by France, Britain and Germany, collectively known as the E3, towards Iran's nuclear issue during a phone call with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper.
* Israel and Lebanon held talks on Friday as part of a security dialogue, focusing on Hezbollah's disarmament and the return of residents to their homes in Lebanon's southern border villages, according to Israeli and Lebanese sources.
* Visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reaffirmed in Beirut on Friday Cairo's support for Lebanon's stability and sovereignty.
* Personnel of the Afghan National Army have taken 530 individuals into custody in western Afghanistan's Herat province over the past two days for attempting to cross the border into neighboring Iran illegally, according to a statement from the army's western region command on Friday.
* The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that nearly 2.8 million Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far in 2025.
* The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved an emergency financing of 206 million USD for Sri Lanka, in a bid to help it address urgent needs following Cyclone Ditwah, according to a press release.
