Republican Congressman Don Bacon has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s recent comments on Ukraine, saying he doubts the president will ultimately support Kyiv as peace negotiations continue. Bacon said Trump’s remarks accusing Ukraine of showing “zero gratitude” were “reprehensible” and ignored repeated expressions of thanks from President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. He argued that Trump too often “wavers back to the Russian camp” despite occasionally making supportive statements about Ukraine.

Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, officials said, killing seven people, wounding 21, and disrupting electricity and heating systems as Ukraine raced to finalise a U.S.-backed peace deal.

A US Air Force drone, part of a squadron permanently assigned to South Korea amid simmering military tensions in the region, crashed early Monday off the country’s west coast, according to military and media reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan needs improvement to make it acceptable for Ukraine and Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio.

China’s President Xi Jinping pledged fresh investment in Tonga when he met King Tupou VI of the South Pacific island nation in Beijing, as the Asian giant works to extend its influence across the Asia-Pacific.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul plans to visit China before the end of this year, he said at a policy forum in Berlin, after postponing a planned October trip at the last minute.

China’s first emergency space launch went ahead without incident, as the country plugged safety risks at its crewed space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.

NATO must speed up work on strengthening the protection of its eastern flank from drones, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said after Romania scrambled fighter jets after drone incursions into its airspace.

Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates’ president, said the UAE welcomed U.S. efforts to end war in Sudan and condemned “atrocities” committed by both Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court told judges that a suspected Seleka militia leader in the Central African Republic had complete control over a prison where inmates were arbitrarily detained and abused over a decade ago.

The U.N. human rights office said that at least 127 civilians had been killed in Lebanon in strikes by the Israel military since a ceasefire nearly a year ago, and called for an investigation and for the truce to be respected.

Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Tuesday he had “no information” about any cooperation with South Korea on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on semiconductors, adding that Taiwan was conducting talks only with the United States.