Great Power

• The US and Russia agree to continue arms control talks. [Link]
• Russia says the AUKUS defense pact threatens nuclear non-proliferation. [Link]
• US and UK spy plans are circling the Russian exclave Kaliningrad. [Link]
• Taiwan reports a surge in the number of Chinese flights through its air identification zone. [Link]

Korea

• North and South Korea reopened a hotline between the two countries. [Link]

Afghanistan 

• Satellite footage shows no foreign aircraft at the Bagram Airbase. [Link]
• The Taliban claim a successful raid against ISIS-K near Kabul. [Link]

Middle East

• Iran is asking for the US to release $10 billion in frozen Iranian assets. [Link]
• Jordan’s king took a call from Syrian President Assad for the first time since the Syrian Civil War broke out. [Link]
• In Aden, Yemen, fighting broke out between the Southern Transitional Council and Islamists. [Link]

Africa 

• Militants killed eight soldiers in Burkina Faso. [Link]
• The Nigerian government claims Boko Haram is expanding its territory. [Link]