NATO fighter jets shot down a drone over Lithuania, the Baltic state's president said today, in the latest security incident on the alliance's eastern flank during Russia's war with Ukraine.

NATO fighter jets brought down a drone after it entered Lithuanian airspace overnight. The first such incident in Lithuania has sharpened concerns over security along NATO's eastern flank.

VILNIUS, Sept 15 - An Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a drone over Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning, the Lithuanian national crisis management centre said. Read more at straitstimes.com.