Constantine’s Notebook

🇰🇵🇰🇷 | North Korea's state media did not report on South Korea's proposal to begin talks aimed at formally ending the Korean War — Yonhap

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | Yemen's foreign minister and her Saudi counterpart discussed regional developments and topics of mutual interest during talks in Riyadh — SPA

🇸🇩 | A delegation from the African Union traveled to Khartoum for the first time since 2021 to discuss ways to end the war in Sudan — Sudan Tribune

🇵🇰🇸🇦🇹🇷🇺🇸 | Trump says he is "happy" that Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey "finally" signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement — Truth

🇰🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸 | Trump says he asked Hegseth to scale down joint military drills with South Korea that sent an "inappropriate and hostile" signal to North Korea — Truth

🇻🇳 | Vietnam has begun construction of a multipurpose anti-submarine frigate, the largest and most modern warship ever built domestically — Tuổi Trẻ

🇾🇪 | Yemen's military says it carried out 181 operations against the Houthis over the past ∼24 hours using UAVs, artillery, and rocket launchers — statement

🇹🇭🇺🇸 | Thailand is evaluating cooperation with the US on the LUCAS UAV, including potential technology transfer and domestic production — Defence Security Asia

🇪🇬🇵🇸🇺🇸 | Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt to work on translating their commitment to disarm into concrete and verifiable steps, sources say — Axios

🇷🇺🇸🇾 | Syrian Airlines operated the first regular passenger flight between Damascus and Moscow since December 2024 on Sunday — SANA

🇨🇳🇨🇩 | From 2000 to 2024, an estimated 2,000 to 5,000 tons of uranium left the DRC embedded in cobalt exports, mainly to China — Le Monde

🇸🇾🇺🇸 | The Department of Homeland Security says the termination of the temporary protected status for Syrians is now in effect — X

🇫🇷🇮🇶 | The trading arm of France's TotalEnergies is offering ​Iraqi crude for loading ‌outside the Strait of Hormuz, traders say — Reuters

🇰🇵🇰🇷 | South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the demarcation line last week, a government source says — Yonhap

🇲🇩🇷🇴🇪🇸 | Romania's defense ministry says a UAV that entered the country's airspace from Moldova was shot down by a Spanish F-18 fighter jet — statement

🇰🇵🇰🇷 | South Korea's president has proposed talks with North Korea to formally "end the long-running war" and find ways to halt its nuclear program — Yonhap

🇮🇷🇶🇦 | Qatar's foreign ministry says the country is not holding any Iranian pilots and that statements claiming otherwise are "misleading" — statement

🇸🇦🇸🇩 | Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to Karthoum says the kingdom's position on Sudan's sovereignty and territorial integrity remains firm — Al Arabiya

🇲🇲🇷🇺 | The Kremlin says Myanmar's president will hold talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on August 18, with bilateral documents to be signed — statement

🇮🇳 | India has issued a global tender to domestically manufacture at least 60 multirole transport aircraft for its air force, officials say — Bloomberg