Global for Monday, August 24, 2026

• US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints
• Italy eyes US tech for souping up dumb missiles into drone interceptors
• Patria to join with Ukraine’s General Cherry to make drones in Finland
• UK’s Burnham to visit Ukraine with plan to support long-range missile production
• Two US tanker aircraft leave Bulgaria a month after deployment upset Iran