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Japan scrambles fighters as a Chinese WZ-7 drone crosses the Miyako Strait twice, Tokyo says

Japan’s Joint Staff says a Chinese WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone flew twice through the Miyako Strait on November 2, prompting a scramble by Air Self-Defense Force fighters. Beijing’s…

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Yemen: UN says all roads into Taiz are closed, nearly 250,000 have lost essential healthcare and 12 hospitals are at risk

OCHA says no commercial supplies are reaching Ta’iz, where 12 hospitals could close, nearly 250,000 people have lost essential healthcare…

1:25 pm2 min read

Cyprus

Bahçeli on the Turkish-Libyan memorandum: a message to Athens, Nicosia and Brussels over “fait accompli” in the Mediterranean

Turkey’s MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli called the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum a “satisfactory development” and attacked Greece,…

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Western Sahara explained: why the UN mission MINURSO has ended

MINURSO, the UN mission created in 1991 to prepare a referendum in Western Sahara, has ended after the Security Council…

12:24 pm6 min read

Asia-Pacific

U.S. Navy and Bangladesh Navy open CARAT Bangladesh 2026 with mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior and a P-8A

The annual CARAT exercise began in Chattogram on November 2, with the U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior and…

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Europe

Burnham meets Albanese and Mottley ahead of CHOGM in Antigua, with AUKUS, Ukraine, climate and G20 debt reform on the agenda

9:30 am

Air Force

Lockheed Martin’s indirect reply after Greece signed for the KC-390: “More than 2,700 C-130s built. One competitor? Fewer than 20”

9:15 am

Middle East & North Africa

Qeshm: US officials say the blasts were “defensive” American strikes on a missile launcher, on the eve of the midterms

8:30 am

Drones

Explosions on Iran’s Qeshm island, as the IRGC says it captured two US drones and Trump plays down new strikes after the election

8:15 am

Middle East & North Africa

Pezeshkian: Mojtaba Khamenei has given the government some powers to negotiate with the US; Vance: “We have made some progress”

7:42 am

Military & Defense

U.S. Space Force activates SPACEFOR-SOC, the first new U.S. Special Operations Command component since 2006

7:41 am

Europe

UK and France to lead Exercise Koalicja in Poland, a 2,800-strong rehearsal for the Multinational Force Ukraine

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Lockheed Martin’s indirect reply after Greece signed for the KC-390: “More than 2,700 C-130s built. One competitor? Fewer than 20”

Shortly after Greece signed for the KC-390 Millennium, Lockheed Martin posted on X that more than 2,700 C-130s have been…

9:30 am2 min read

Analysis

NATO Article 4 explained: how the consultation clause works

2 Nov

Air Force

Dendias: the KC-390s will refuel the Rafale and Mirage first, and the F-16s a year from now

2 Nov

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Middle East & North Africa

Qeshm: US officials say the blasts were “defensive” American strikes on a missile launcher, on the eve of the midterms

The explosions heard late on November 2 on Iran’s Qeshm island were US strikes, American officials told major US outlets,…

9:15 am3 min read

Drones

Explosions on Iran’s Qeshm island, as the IRGC says it captured two US drones and Trump plays down new strikes after the election

8:30 am

Military & Defense

U.S. Space Force activates SPACEFOR-SOC, the first new U.S. Special Operations Command component since 2006

7:42 am

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Qatar: LNG carrier Al Mayeda struck in the Gulf, crew safe, says Nakilat

1 Nov

Economy & Energy

Strait of Hormuz: Oman’s navy rescues 25 sailors from a burning merchant ship; a projectile hits a vessel south of Lavan, and the Revolutionary Guards say they halted two more tankers

31 Oct

Economy & Energy

Bessent: Iran “cannot pay its soldiers” as “Operation Economic Outcast” cuts funding to the Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah

30 Oct

Southeast Europe

Balkans

Balkans

Bulgaria: Iliana Yotova elected president with 57.6%, a win for Radev’s government, which calls for dialogue with Moscow

2 Nov

Balkans

UN Security Council renews EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months, the UK says unanimously

30 Oct

Balkans

Black Sea: the Contship Jet sinks after a three-sea-drone strike off Bulgaria, all 18 crew rescued, as Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine

29 Oct

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Greece and Greek-Turkish Relations: Live Updates

Iran: Greece and Cyprus named among possible targets by hardline daily Kayhan, as army and Basij officials issue new threats